Funeral of New Zealand (revision)

1. Introduction
In Japan, a funeral service attracts attention by influence of "Okuribito" which won Academy Award. Therefore I decided to examine how people hold a funeral service in New Zealand. In addition, there is a native called "Maori" in New Zealand. I will to examine it how Maori hold a funeral service.

2. In Kumamoto
In Japan, people hold a funeral service based on religion or the denomination which the deceased believed in. Many people do not believe in a particular religion recently. In such a case, we hold a funeral service in religion of the deceased's birthplace or the spouse and irreligion.

In general, the body is placed in a coffin on the day the person died and a wake is held on the next day. People hold a funeral service on the follows day. However, it is common not to hold a funeral service from the superstition why a dead person invites friends to in "the special day that carries events in its trail". If the next day is "the special day that carries events in its trail", a temporary wake is held on the next day. Then a wake is held on the next day and funeral is on three days later. In addition, the body is cremated in Japan.

When people attend a funeral service, they wear black clothes which are called mourning. And people take “Kouden”.

3. In NZ
In New Zealand, people have an undertaker who manages a normal funeral service. The person in charge of the funeral attaches the death certificate of the doctor from a funeral service within three days and sends the notice of death to birth, the death and the marriage registry office of the Department of the Interior. About the progress of the expression, people choosing a way of oneself style increase not a formalthing recently. When people ask the undertaker, in deference to the intention of the family and the undertaker help with original program.

There is not the Japanese wake and the ceremony is performed by a personal denomination. In recent years, cremation is common. About scattering, regulation is different by each city. In Wellington of the capital, people may scatter ashes in a park and a graveyard where the city appoints. In Christchurch, people may scatter ashes anywhere if there is within the common sense. In addition, people can plant a tree where that Christchurch appoints if they pay 10 dollars. There are a lot of extensive graveyards such as the big park in New Zealand. Therefore there is a case that family attend the scatter ashes and ask the staff of the graveyard for it when people scatter ashes in the graveyard. People are only scattering unless the family plans a song, speech and music performance. After the funeral service, relative gather attendants and hold a small party that is called “Wake”.

When people attend a funeral service, it is not necessary for people to wear black. However it is common to put on as simple as possible and refrain accessories. There is not the system such as the "Kouden" too. But people attach a message which wrote a memory with the deceased and words of condolence to a relative, and give flowers.

In the case of Maori, the corpse is carried to Marae which is an assembly room of the Maori when people die. Marae is a very holy place for Maori. Not only funeral service but also wedding ceremony and the tribal meetings are held. A wing is wreathed to the hair, and clothes of the Maori are worn the carried corpse. Maori believes that people should not keep deceased alone until corpse is buried. Therefore somebody is beside the corpse certainly. At the funeral service, family and friends do not hide sorrow, crying a loud. People think this is in order to show deceased respect and softening the family's sorrow. In addition, Maori believes in a posthumous world. Therefore it is believed that people can leave for the posthumous after burying the corpse in the ancestral idle same grave. People think that the soul meets ancestors again and can meet the soul of the descendant again there in the future.

4. Conclusion
Population of New Zealand has only one thirties of that of Japan but it is the country which full of the variety such people who have different cultures and customs live. Therefore funeral services show thought to respect difference and recognize free thought and action.

5. Bibliography
How to Walk of New Zealand from the World Wide Web: http://www.arukikata.co.nz/content/view/241/379/
Information about International from World Wide Web: http://www.shizensou.net/category/kaigai_folder/kaigai_ニュージーランド_main.html

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