Generally all schools of Buddhism don't practise burning stuff as offering, Taoists and their priests do
Hinduism believe in reincarnation (eternal soul), Buddhism believe in Rebirth (ever changing consciousness), sometimes the term reincarnation is used because it is a popular convention especially in the West but fundamentally in no way the same as Hinduism

So, the nuns hired i doubt they are real Buddhists if they burn stuff, play the thing ting ting tong tong type

Hope this gives you a better understanding on offerings to departed ones from the perspective of Buddhism, namely theravada Buddhism
http://sasanarakkha.org/talks/2003/04/cheng-beng.shtml
http://sasanarakkha.org/dhamma/2007/03/mer...ransferred.html

for more details get this small booklet FOC


pastacarbonara u wan come out to talk about it also can

This post has been edited by hotjake: Aug 15 2014, 04:20 PM

you're very welcome. if i may, i'd like to invite u for further digesting in terms of buddhist funeral guide as future reference; you may or may not find them useful, so read with an open mind.

http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/buddhist_funeral.pdf
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/thera-chifuner.pdf