Actually in my country we have a tradition called Batauhu, where we have to pray something like bread on fire and after this you have to pray gods for lovely ones who are dead. It usually happens on Fridays, it’s called Tête de Joumant, because in this day we all of us, all of Kazakh residents, remember about their lovely ones which lived before and just pray God to to them that they gonna be in heaven and actually I love that because even if though you’re that people have this is just an incredible and really comfy tradition where your lovely ones don’t forget about you and just pray for you, even if you are some more higher in the sky. So actually when I reach my age and die, people just kind of remember me and the Fridays, it melts my heart actually. So I guess this tradition which you have in Kazakhstan and all my family use, it’s really cool because even though your relatives are gone, they remember about you and do everything and pray God for your good in the sky. So, I guess by this tradition, people remember about their realities.
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Actually, in my country, we have a tradition called Batauhu, where we pray over something like bread on fire, and after this, we pray to the gods for our loved ones who have passed away. It usually happens on Fridays; it's called Tête de Joumant because on this day, all of us, all Kazakh residents, remember our loved ones who lived before and pray to God for them, that they will be in heaven. I love this tradition because even though those people are gone, it is an incredible and comforting tradition where your loved ones do not forget about you and pray for you, even if you are higher in the sky. So, when I reach my age and die, people will remember me on Fridays, and that melts my heart. I think this tradition, which we have in Kazakhstan and that my family practices, is really special because even though your relatives are gone, they remember you and pray to God for your well-being in the sky. So, I guess through this tradition, people remember their relatives.
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