Theme:
27,
colours
Character/s:
Shinko
Words:
69
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In Yaman, white is the colour of death. Old superstition, she knows. She is not even a Yamani anymore. Yet she still remembers the funeral: the voice of the priest, chanting the sutra; the sharp, bitter scent of burning incense; the feel of smooth rosary beads against her hands; snow, falling softly all around them.
Shinko wore white on her wedding day. She felt ill throughout the whole ceremony.
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