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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: Dearly beloved.... take it off! Whoooooo! |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls
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China acts on funeral strippers
Five people have been detained in China for running striptease send-offs at funerals, state media say.
The once-common events are held to boost the number of mourners, as large crowds are seen as a mark of honour.
But the arrests, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, could signal the end of the rural tradition.
Local officials have since ordered a halt to "obscene performances" and say funeral plans have to be submitted in advance, Xinhua news agency said.
The arrests, in Donghai county, followed striptease acts at a farmer's funeral, the agency said.
Two hundred people were said to have attended the event, which was held on 16 August.
The Beijing News said the event was later revealed by a Chinese TV station. The leaders of five striptease troupes were held, it said, including two involved in the farmer's funeral.
"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," Xinhua agency said.
"Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured."
As well as ordering an end to the practice, officials have also said residents can report "funeral misdeeds" on a hotline, earning a reward for information.
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If I were a dead Chinese farmer, I think I would have appreciated the stripper more before I kicked the bucket. It would be hard to have a sombre atmosphere with strippers around... or would it? Do they take their clothes off to mournful music? Do they weep as they gyrate? Sounds like a must-see. |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I think I would have appreciated the stripper more before I kicked the bucket. |
Give it to me now, I'll pay for it on a lay-away plan.
<badum-bah!>
Get it? Get it?
"Lay-away plan"?
AHAHAHAHAHA |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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haha.
I suppoe it could be considered the more "disrespectful" of the funeral customs that take place. I thought everyone getting sh*tfaced at the typical irish funeral wake was fairly disrespectful. Paying "proffessional mourners" to attend and draw the crowds as they do in parts of Africa is also turning the sombre moment into a farce. Passing the corpse through the crowd as they do in the Middle east is another. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| "Asses to asses, bust to bust..." |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| numazawa wrote: |
| "Asses to asses, bust to bust..." |
Nice. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| numazawa wrote: |
| "Asses to asses, bust to bust..." |
Good one! 
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| I suppoe it could be considered the more "disrespectful" of the funeral customs that take place. I thought everyone getting sh*tfaced at the typical irish funeral wake was fairly disrespectful. |
I thought of this too when I saw the story above. As an Irishman I can understand the paradox of the 'Irish Wake'. Everybody is laughing and joking. Too much drink (I think I once drank about 17 pints of beer during an all-day, all-night wake (my own Grandmother's!! ). Some person nobody knows is making sandwiches and tea for the occasional teetotaler. Kids and dogs are running around the coffin playing chase. It would seem bizzare to the outsider. But, remember, we're talking about Irish Catholics here. The Protestants don't do this. They are a much more formal bunch. Very severe, solemn and sober.
Also, the Catholic furneral itself is very formal. No drunken behaviour is appreciated at the church or cemetary. And, of course everybody does grieve just the same. Now and then a person will break down crying and be given a stiff whiskey to bring them around. But the previous couple of days in the family home or local pub are usually a great party. With the deceased happily resting in their coffin in the living room!! In the middle of the party!! It's just that most Irish love a good party so when our loved ones die we tend to give them a good send off and think. "They would have wanted it this way..."
Is it really a bad thing for family and friends to get together and honor their loved one with a great party??
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| numazawa wrote: |
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Holy crap.
And I was just thinking there hasn't been that much quotability these days... |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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I'll take that any time of the week. In Taiwan, they pay "professional wailers" to cry and wail on LOUDSPEAKERS for the entire neighborhood to hear. This'll go on during most of the day for several days to a week.
On a side note, they'll even hire bikini-clad girls sing karaoke at wedding receptions! Guess who really has the groom's attention! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Does anybody still do the sin-eating thing? (Where they put a plate of food on the deceased's stomach and someone eats the food, thereby taking away the dead guy's sins.) |
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