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This is proper ritual. No observers, no one but the participant(s). Hugely respectful: beautiful. We didn’t learn to do it quite like this at the Co-op. It is much harder dressing a dead body with a person’s own clothes: much more of a struggle. I can see why some fd’s boldly slit the clothes down the back, but until now the reason has seemed that it is faster and easier for the staff, and less to make it a more elegant dressing of a person, involving less turning and tugging. Seems like ‘Departures’ must be view’d. Great post, Charles. Thank… Read more »
Thank you for elaborating on such a beautiful ceremony, I have taken tea ceremony for 16 years, and after watching Departures, this performance was so identical in its respect to the deceased just as the host does to the tea and its utensils. Presently I am a hairdresser in Hawaii and have had the opportunity to do some finishing touches on deceased clientele. It is most rewarding in ways that I cannot begin to describe , especially when the deceased family is close at hand. The look on their faces as well as the reality of what transformation had just… Read more »
It really does inspire, doesn’t it Kris O. I wonder where you could train now?
Thanks Kris O for bringing me here today! So beautiful – so precise, so calm, so gentle, so measured.. almost like watching the swaddling of a newborn baby. I would consider going to Japan to die if this is the treatment I’d receive.
Just watched it again and realised the preparer is kneeling on the floor – commands even more respect. No plastic apron or rubber gloves – I like the element of him actually touching the body as he prepares it and that final lift of the hands as he looks in her face is exquisite.