Food as 'Grave Goods': Fresh fruit to eat is commonly put on Buddhist graves (though most Buddhists today are cremated). And don't be surprised if you see tea or sake, too. Food becomes the medium by which the living honor departed souls. Oahu Cemetery. [2011]
The high rises of the living loom ominously over the dwellings of the dead; for how long will they be left in peace? One can only speculate...
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