Comments by "Cristi Neagu" (@CristiNeagu) on "The Japanese tradition I always do first when I return to my hometown | Japan Vlog" video.

  1. We have traditions to honour and remember our ancestors, but we don't worship them, as that is reserved for deities. Our remembrance practices are a bit more involved in Eastern Europe. After a family member passes, there are several ceremonies. We have memorials 3 days after burial, 9 days after, 40 days after, 3 months after, six months after, then 1 year after, then after 3 years. On these occasion, a boiled wheat sweet porridge is prepared, and offered to those present for the memorial. We would also visit their graves, to light a candle and bring flowers and clean up the grave a bit, much like how you show in the video. And we also have another custom. Sometimes you find that you keep dropping food on the ground by accident. It is believed that this is because our ancestors are hungry. So what you do is you prepare food and offer it as charity to the poor as a way to remember your ancestors and to appease them in the afterlife.
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