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According to the field research, it was common for the members of the funeral cortege to be relatives of the deceased and neighbours bearing offerings. The women would carry bread or wax, the men candles or torches, and everyone lights. The children would often carry candles at the front of the cortege, as would the brethren and relatives that walked alongside the coffin. The women carried spiral rolls of wax attached to a board for the family grave and the men torches that, after the ceremony, were left in the church for the parish services. This tradition continued in many places until the 1950s and 1960s. The offerings in the past were animals, parts of animals or other meats and they have been replaced by branches of flowers or wreaths over time.

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