After the funeral feast concluded, the mourners would begin to weep. From the house where the deceased was laid to rest, everyone would be brought out to the yard and for the first time they would mourn for the parents, sisters, brothers, and others. Close relatives such as parents, spouses, children, and siblings were escorted out by two people to prevent them from harming themselves in their great grief; they tore their hair, scratched their faces, and beat their heads on the ground. A group of specially invited mourners would continuously and monotonously lament. One by one, people approached the coffin, crying and wailing endlessly. The coffin was positioned in the center of the yard. One family member, the mother of the wife perhaps, would cry and shout loudly, while others accompanied her more quietly. If there was someone who had lost a relative not long ago, they would mourn for their own deceased and implore the newly departed to convey their sorrow and unhappiness to their own deceased loved ones in Heaven. Those unable to attend the cemetery bid their farewells there, after which the coffin was conveyed to the burial ground. It was customary to fell a tree in the yard during funerals, particularly when an elder of the family passed away. For a man, a vine tree would be uprooted, and for an older woman, a mulberry tree would be torn out. The chosen tree in the yard would be felled, the mourners would gather around, cut it at its roots, and carry it around the deceased's coffin three times before planting it on the grave. Regardless of the weather, the mourners would follow the deceased to the cemetery. The gravediggers would dig the grave in the village cemetery, where each family had its own designated section. It was forbidden for the gravedigger to be a relative, distant relation, or neighbor of the deceased. The coffin would be placed near the grave, and there the mourners would offer their final prayers. Subsequently, they lowered the coffin into the grave, each mourner throwing a handful of earth onto it and bidding farewell. At a brother's grave, a grieving sister would cut a lock of hair, place it on a rod, and affix this rod to her brother's grave. Sometimes this lock of hair would be interred in the grave. This ritual was known as "Jimasheni tomas kvatua" (sacrificing hair for brother). Men would shave their hair and beards as a symbol of mourning and sorrow, while women would cut their hair in two places near the neck, subsequently letting their hair, beards, and moustaches grow for a year without trimming them.​​​​​​​​​​​​

 

On the second day of the funeral, they would place the clothes of the deceased on a throne in one corner of the house, and they would mourn him at this sign when someone came to express their condolences. Every Saturday of the year, at sunset, they would bring the sign of the deceased to the door and cry.​

 

On the third day, a "kilesh gontzuma" was held, to allow the mourners and the neighbors of the deceased to eat the meat. On this day, they would kill a pig or chickens, invite the neighbors and eat the meat. If it was a fasting day, then it was possible to eat fish.

 

The hours of the deceased was not used for work or sold for a year and it received special care. If the horse did not weaken and die, a "Galenishi" prayer would be read to it on every other 25th day. For this purpose they would "Khozokvari" (special pie), cook a rooster and perform the “Galenishi” prayer. On the fortieth day, they would introduce the commemorating ceremony. On this day, they would invite the relatives, take the sign to the cemetery and cry there. In the family of the deceased, there was a low table full of food and they fed the children or the passer-byes. The owner of the deceased also did not work on Saturdays. A year later the mourners would invite all the relatives and neighbours to commemorate the deceased. The sign clothing of the deceased was stuffed with straw or cotton, and the clothed-closed sign was placed on the throne as a living person. The relatives would come around and they would cry over him.​

 

The dressed in black horse of the deceased The dead man's horse was also tied to the pole of the house, and the feast, which was called "Sukhara" began. The family of the deceased would lit a "Kilantari" (large candle) made of a long poplar tree. It could be any other tree besides oak, it just had to be as long as possible. This long tree was wrapped in black and white coloured cotton fabric, and a duck-like bird statue carved out of wood was attached to its tip. The kilantari had lighted candles around it. This kilantari would be placed in the yard and fixed in one place. At the same time, the nannies or carers would bring oxen cover with black fabric. This ceremony was called “Surdili khojefi".