Professional chanters read lead the family in reading the Dizang Pusa Benyuanjing 地藏菩薩本願經 in the Taiwan (minnan/Hokkien) dialect read this scripture. The week-long funeral has been two - three hours of scripture reading with more hours in the two days before the cremation. According to the Buddhist tradition, the soul stays on earth for 49 days before moving on. English discussion and translation of this scripture are at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutra_of_The_Great_Vows_of_Ksitigar...
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/clubs/buddhism/ksitigarbha/content.html
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