 The first of the series is the burial ("Kusyira umuvimba") which in the case of most adults last three or four days, though for rich man it may continue for a week and for a child it is over in a day.As soon as death occurs most of the time women who are present begins wailing and messages are sent to the chiefs, the village headman and dead mans kinsmen and affine to announce the fact and bid them to the burial.The first message is sent to the father or to a senior brother or sister if one is still alive or calling them to heir of the dead person.