Tuesday, January 10, 2006

episode 24

Grandma's funeral (con'td)

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The day of the funeral was the most depressing of all. The coffin was being driven in a casket van. The floats, adorned with garish banners and splashed with garlands, paraded in their glorious beauty while trailing quietly behind. The music troupe made a cacophonous din with their noisy trumpets and their clamorous gongs and cymbals. All this while, a radio replayed the monotonous chant of ‘Namu-Amida-Butsu’ over and over.

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