HEARSE passed by!

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The remains of the president of our school arrived last Monday by land transportation (wife arrived by plane) on the funeral car from the capital city. I learned about this when I had my duty last Monday; a male full-time colleague told us about it. Before the body of Dr. RPG was brought to the funeral parlor for a day, Sir AFR our colleague, told us that the hearse passed by the secondary hospital and their first house that were situated in the city proper. The casket was not brought out, but the hearse just stopped and then passed by the health institution. There is a superstitious belief that the deceased’s remains should pass through where he lived, so the soul will not stay there when he is interred or buried. It is like collecting whatever is left of his being in these places where he set foot. A close friend who died in 2010, when she was brought to the private cemetery, had the hearse carrying her body pass through her home only once; not twice because ‘’her soul might return there’’ that is why there are beliefs of restless souls of the dead. Not all believe in these superstition, but passing by a place where the deceased lived through the funeral car, is one that I believe in.