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Captain Marlow

Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Location: darkness
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:25 am Post subject: Where are the dead people? |
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Just wondering... Where are the hearses? I've seen one in 4 years. |
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byrddogs

Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:21 am Post subject: |
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If Korea is like China, everyone gets cremated? |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:26 am Post subject: |
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byrddogs wrote: |
If Korea is like China, everyone gets cremated? |
Yes, they �get burned� mostly. At least most seem to in the city. And funerals are a long 3-day affair, if I remember correctly. |
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Julius

Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:10 am Post subject: |
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byrddogs wrote: |
If Korea is like China, everyone gets cremated? |
I think thats the new trend, yes.
Although up til a decade ago most people still opted for graves or burial mounds. |
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hogwonguy1979

Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:17 am Post subject: |
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bring out your dead!!!!!!!!!! |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:22 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Swampfox10mm"]
byrddogs wrote: |
If Korea is like China, everyone gets cremated? |
Yes, they �get burned� mostly. At least most seem to in the city. And funerals are a long 3-day affair, if I remember correctly.[/quote]
Can confirm the bolded part having gone through it a couple of times so far.
As for cremation, it is more and more common in Korea. |
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Captain Marlow

Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Location: darkness
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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I've been to several Korean funerals. My question is, how do they transport the deceased (i.e. from the death bed to the crematorium)?
I'm guessing in the back of the all the bongo trucks with canvas covers?  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hospital here uses a converted bus. |
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byrddogs

Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ha, while the bongo truck is a possibility, I would guess more likely it is by ambulance, or a converted bus thingy as mentioned. |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Was in Busan visiting my wife's father's resting place for his ashes, and I counted 60,000 "guests" minimum. I'm sure there were more, as that was just a building or two. |
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Died By Bear

Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:57 am Post subject: |
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The hospital in our neighborhood (Kyunghee) has it's own crematorium on site. |
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:29 am Post subject: |
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Cross this...
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I've been to several Korean funerals. My question is, how do they transport the deceased (i.e. from the death bed to the crematorium)?
I'm guessing in the back of the all the bongo trucks with canvas covers? |
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bring out your dead!!!!!!!!!! |
And you probably arrive at the answer of ajumma cardboard cart. |
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