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Ceremonial and
procedure of cremate of the death body of Roman-catholic in Bing-Kra-teow
community it is very similar to Western Side. There are many procedure
that have Thai procedure Ceremonial mixed in it such as Thai chanting
chapter, to propitiate, obeisance, belief of ghost and spirit as
Thai Esan pattern etc. Bing-Kra-teow community of catholic believe
that the person who very sick and nearly dying his soul and spirit
was calling by god to determining of his good and guilt when he
still alive. If you were a good person would be in heaven and served
god but if you still have some sins you must be clean by using the
flame to burn it all bad things out so now he or her can now go
to heaven. Whereas who was even just one really bad thing they would
stay in hell forever.

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Ceremonial
before death called Jerm (to make a blessing by making a mark on
someone forehead) ceremony of sickness this event is held to give
a strength to the person who nearly dying and to died with the blessing
from God. Some people that been in this ceremony some just back
to normal. So most of nearly dying person would has this blessing
on the forehead but not for whom that sudden died. The procedure
of this ceremonial start, when the relative have invite the priest
immediately to the place where the sick person stayed.

The
leader will explain of very short term from the Bible. Then the
holy water was sprinkle onto that person in pattern of a cross onto
the forehand and both of hands and feet's and continuing to chant.
Then distributed of chant chapter called Seen Maha Sanid to both
of relative and the sick person and keep silent for a while. This
ceremony takes about 20 min. Incase the sickness person who has
been bless on the forehead doesn't feel any better but him or her
would die with the blessing from God which very horned of being
Christian.
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