concept   burial traditions
culture   Japanese culture
statement   In Japanese burial traditions, family members use chopsticks to transfer cremated remains into an urn.
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# Concept Culture Statement Freq.
1 burial traditions Japanese culture Involves family members picking the deceased's bones out of the cremated remains and transferring them to an urn 1
2 mortuary practices Japanese culture Family members use chopsticks to pick cremated bones from the ashes during the funeral, as part of the traditional cremation ritual. 1