Purification Bath
The participants go to the deceased's house after taking a purification bath in a nearby source of water. When the cremation participants return home they are sprinkled with secret Ganges water by using a Tulsi leaf on their head and touch fire.
The people are not allowed to eat rice other than soaked grain and rice flakes with sugar till the evening star is observed in the sky. The mourning period is seven days for the male descendents and unmarried daughters and three days for married daughters of the deceased. But by the influence of the Brahmin, a thirteen day 'shraddha' is being observed in recent times by the male descendent and male lineage. The maikhlai rimani ceremony or shraddho is observed at the end of the mourning period by the offering of food and drink to the departed soul. Villagers are also invited to take part in this ceremony and to feast with the mourning family. This ceremony used to be performed by the ochai.
The ash or the piece of bone of the forehead is kept in a small, newly constructed hut (Osthi nok) for the purpose and worshiped till the first Hangrai the Sankranti, after the death. The remains are submerged in Dumbur (the waterfall at Gumti river, in Tripura) or in the Ganges river at Sagardeep or any holy place of the Hindus according to means.
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