Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B · 1RB0
Specification 3.7 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Death and Mourning RitualsAfterwards, relatives may perform kotsuage, or ‘bone picking’: using chopsticks, they collect bones from the ashes and place them in an urn. Family participation makes the farewell a shared responsibility and a concrete act of care for the deceased.