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Suffering meal
After saying goodbye to a loved one with a funeral service or after a burial or interment, mourners and loved ones often gather together.
You can go home afterwards, but very often it does you good to be in company, to be carried and to be allowed to talk about the person who has died.
The get-together can take place while eating and/or drinking at a restaurant, in the garden at home, or anywhere else.
There are many names for a Leidmahl and in different regions it is called differently: Gräpt, Crept, Leichenschmaus, etc. What the names have in common is that people gather after a passing and stay together to carry relatives and commemorate the deceased person.
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What words other than suffering meal are there?
Funeral feast
Grebt/Diggs
Food after the funeral
Funeral meal
Funeral dinner
Apéro
Feast for the Dead
Do you make a suffering meal?
It is optional to host a suffering meal. It can be helpful after the funeral and memorial service, the farewell to the deceased person, to host a meal of sorrow. There is space and time to share, tell stories and reminisce.
Who is to be invited for a suffering banquet?
A separate invitation to the funeral meal of sorrow may be sent with the invitation to the funeral death notice.
However, it is also customary that all who are present at the funeral, burial can also participate in the funeral meal.
What is a meal of suffering?
Leidmahl is the communal meal after the funeral. The meal together should be in memory of the person who has died and provide a dignified setting to share stories and memories.