Gifts by the groom to the bride, equal in value to the dowry, are sent to her. The groom visits the bride's home and brings her back to his place, with much fanfare. At death, the relatives cry out aloud to inform the neighbors. The family starts mourning and puts on clothes made of a course material. The corpse is washed and placed in a coffin.
Mourners bring incense and money to offset the cost of the funeral.
Food and significant objects of the deceased are placed into the coffin. Friends and family follow the coffin to the cemetery, along with a willow branch which symbolizes the soul of the person who has died. Liturgies are performed on the 7th, 9th, 49th day after the burial and on the first and third anniversaries of the death.