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All activity ceased in the house of the deceased when death occurred. Attention is given to the following: mourning of the bereaved household and notification of the death; washing and shrouding of the corpse, wake or vigil, room with the deceased, laying out of the corpse, and coffin; and corpse ways, bearing of the corpse to the church, bearers, and funeral cortège.

A description of the events that took place in church follows: obsequies and the funeral mass, obsequial days and anniversary masses; offerings and suffrages at the church grave; act of burial and bereavement prior to and after the burial; return of the cortège to the house of the deceased, funeral feast and refreshments for the attendees; duration of the mourning period and mourning apparel; commemoration of the dead and religious brotherhoods for the dead; burial places and internment methods; and lastly, beliefs and popular legends about ghosts and wandering spirits.

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