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Originally Posted by Smileydude
wait, so when someone dies they are dissected and their bones are passed around? please say I misunderstood you.
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Most Japanese People are Buddhist and Shinto, In the Buddhist Religion the dead are cremated. In fact 99% of all deceased Japanese are cremated. As you may or may not know after a cremation there are bones left over. Afterwards relatives of the deceased pick the bones out of the ashes and put them in an urn using Hashi (chop sticks), they then pass the bones from Hashi to Hashi. This is the only time in Japan when it is ok for two people to hold the same item at the same time with Hashi. If you think about it it is not as bad as you think. This is way you don't pass food at the dinner from Hashi to Hashi, there is symbolism of death if you do, and In Japan thats a big no no.
