RELIGST 2M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ritual Purification, Japanese Traditional Dance, Seppuku
27 Jul 2016
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Over 20% of the population is over the age of 65. By 2020, it is estimated that more adult diapers will be sold than baby diapers. In 2008, 99. 85% of people who died were cremated. In 2014, on average, 17 japanese people committed suicide each day, mostly men. High funeral costs at an average of ,000 mostly due to the cost of burial. Consists of a wake, cremation, burial in a family grave, and memorial service. Funerals are so expensive, they put a large burden on families, especially for those who leave everything to the funeral home to arrange. In some cases, families have been so outraged by the costs that they have sued funeral homes for overcharging. Packages are offered at some funeral homes to. Dial-a-monk services consists of 45 monks from 7 different schools and can deliver services at considerably cheaper prices than funeral homes. Includes chanting at wakes, monk visits, post-humorous buddhist naming.
