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Before a wedding ceremony, both families exchange some engagement gifts wrapped with a gorgeous wrapping cloth, "Fukusa". Usually it has a crimson side & a patterned side, and family crests are always on the crimson side. A fukusa is a Japanese ceremonial cloth used to wrap gifts. They are highly decorated and in the past were embroidered or yuzen dyed but more recently many are woven or use shibori, as decorative technique. The fukusa usually has symbolic designs such as cranes, turtles, plum blossom and bamboo on one side and the reverse is usually red, with a Mon (family crest). As fukusa are quite small, they can be displayed easily,with stunning effect. Here is how to use fukusa formally to attend Japanese weddings and funerals and offer the monetary gifts properly.