Buddhism is based on the man Siddhartha Gautama. He became what they call Buddha which means The Enlightend One . In this report I looked in to the wedding Ceremonies of people that so not have enough money. The death rituals of the Sikkim people and the birth rituals.
Death Rituals
As soon as a person dies the head Lama is called to perform the rites of passage and chant mantras to help the dead on their way. The body is bathed and then bent almost in the foetal position and put into a large trapezium- shaped box. The head is closest to the top.
The body is kept in the household. Each night a lama sits by the box and chants mantras all night.
On the day of the funeral the box is decorated. Friends and family come to offer scarves and follow the body to the body to the funeral ground. The box is sat upon a fixed number of sticks. The rimpoche chants and then lights a lamp. Then the people place the scarves on the box. Anyone is envited, even women and children.
Post – Death Rituals
Every seven days after the funeral for forty nine days, the family performs pooja. On the forty ninth day, family, friends, and well- wishers come to offer scarves, money etc.
