Last night I was watching the Tonight show hosted by Sheila Maseko on One Gospel (see I am crediting my source: -)) and the topic was funerals. What makes a funeral? Is it the type of ‘box’ you are buried in, the type of food that is served, the number of people that turn up? I haven’t been to a funeral in a while (thank God) but from what I’ve heard on this show and past funeral experience I know funerals have become SERIOUS business and VERY expensive.
I didn’t see the whole show but the bit that I did catch was when a funeral director from B3 said that in one of the funerals he has directed, the dead person was buried in a brand new Mercedes Benz...i.e. instead of using the box, they used brand new car, as in the car went down the grave (literally). Hai no, talk about being an extremist…I mean no matter how special that person is; burying them in a car is just insane!!!!
Another aspect of the funeral is the food that served, gone are the days of ting or samp and basic beef. Now salads are a must, variety of vegetables, and you get both chicken and beef. I used to never want to eat food at funerals, but now I can’t help but look forward to that part of the funeral.
I once went a funeral where they had bottled water, and it had “In memory of Jane Doe” and her face was on the bottle! Now was that necessary? And i found it creepy to be drinking water from a bottle with the face of a dead person on it. But people would do anything for people to talk about how great Jane Doe’s funeral was. It’s a funeral maaan, why should it be great?
Of course you can’t have a funeral without “After Tears”. That part of the funeral has its own budget and it’s intended for the closest friends/relatives. Can someone tell me where the concept came from?
I understand the part of wanting to give someone a dignified burial, but some of these frills and thrills are just unnecessary.
In general I think black funerals have gotten out of hand. People feel pressured to ‘stage’ the most elaborate funeral to impress other people. After the funeral they are left with huge debt and family squabbles that arise from that. What happened to mourning and being comforted?
Anyway, what have you guys seen at funerals that you thought ‘oh now that it just unnecessary’
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