A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at Japan’s biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead. «I practised every day to prepare for this competition, » said a smiling Rino Terai after her win over…
A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at Japan’s biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead.
«I practised every day to prepare for this competition, » said a smiling Rino Terai after her win over three other finalists.
«I took videos and made improvements by asking myself, does this look beautiful? Am I treating the deceased kindly?»
Japan’s Shinto religion believes that the soul is impure shortly after death and the process of dressing a body — usually in front of close relatives only — purifies the deceased spirit before it is sent off to the «other world».
