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When pandemic restrictions prevented traditional funeral ceremonies

My nephew died of COVID and we couldn't hold proper funeral rites because of lockdown restrictions and now that things are opening up I don't know if it's too late to do the ceremonies or if his spirit has already moved on without them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Global crisis interrupted sacred patterns, leaving families with incomplete rituals and questions about whether delayed ceremony can still serve spirits who may have already completed their own journey.

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