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The bare minimum for a funeral?

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Have you ever given thought as to how you would like your funeral to be conducted? I ask this because it seems that in China many rural people believe that a large crowd at a funeral is a sign of honour for the deceased and the importance of the family within the community.

Apparently funerals provide a rare opportunity for crowds to gather as villagers working as migrant workers in industrial centres return home to bury the deceased. At one time performances of traditional opera were a popular way of seeing off the deceased but it seems that such methods no longer pull in the crowds so alternative methods are now used – such as employing strippers.

Some mourners have reportedly been more than a little surprised when troupes, they thought had been hired to play dirges, suddenly changed their tune and began throwing off their clothes! So now the Chinese Ministry of Culture is taking the whip hand – as it were – and cracking down on these practices alleging that such performances are disrupting local entertainment markets. I’ll bet they are!

Sir Daniel GoochBeing a Tuesday Margaret Mills was back with me today. No ghost stories this week as instead we heard all about a one-time owner of Hylands House in Chelmsford, Sir Daniel Gooch. A colourful character who even took part in an ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. Listen again to what Margaret told me by clicking on the link below: –

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The bare minimum for a funeral?

chinese-stripper-funeral

Have you ever given thought as to how you would like your funeral to be conducted? I ask this because it seems that in China many rural people believe that a large crowd at a funeral is a sign of honour for the deceased and the importance of the family within the community.

Apparently funerals provide a rare opportunity for crowds to gather as villagers working as migrant workers in industrial centres return home to bury the deceased. At one time performances of traditional opera were a popular way of seeing off the deceased but it seems that such methods no longer pull in the crowds so alternative methods are now used – such as employing strippers.

Some mourners have reportedly been more than a little surprised when troupes, they thought had been hired to play dirges, suddenly changed their tune and began throwing off their clothes! So now the Chinese Ministry of Culture is taking the whip hand – as it were – and cracking down on these practices alleging that such performances are disrupting local entertainment markets. I’ll bet they are!

Sir Daniel GoochBeing a Tuesday Margaret Mills was back with me today. No ghost stories this week as instead we heard all about a one-time owner of Hylands House in Chelmsford, Sir Daniel Gooch. A colourful character who even took part in an ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. Listen again to what Margaret told me by clicking on the link below: –

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Scott

 
 
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The bare minimum for a funeral?

chinese-stripper-funeral

Have you ever given thought as to how you would like your funeral to be conducted? I ask this because it seems that in China many rural people believe that a large crowd at a funeral is a sign of honour for the deceased and the importance of the family within the community.

Apparently funerals provide a rare opportunity for crowds to gather as villagers working as migrant workers in industrial centres return home to bury the deceased. At one time performances of traditional opera were a popular way of seeing off the deceased but it seems that such methods no longer pull in the crowds so alternative methods are now used – such as employing strippers.

Some mourners have reportedly been more than a little surprised when troupes, they thought had been hired to play dirges, suddenly changed their tune and began throwing off their clothes! So now the Chinese Ministry of Culture is taking the whip hand – as it were – and cracking down on these practices alleging that such performances are disrupting local entertainment markets. I’ll bet they are!

Sir Daniel GoochBeing a Tuesday Margaret Mills was back with me today. No ghost stories this week as instead we heard all about a one-time owner of Hylands House in Chelmsford, Sir Daniel Gooch. A colourful character who even took part in an ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. Listen again to what Margaret told me by clicking on the link below: –

OK see you again soon,
Scott

 
 
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The bare minimum for a funeral?

chinese-stripper-funeral

Have you ever given thought as to how you would like your funeral to be conducted? I ask this because it seems that in China many rural people believe that a large crowd at a funeral is a sign of honour for the deceased and the importance of the family within the community.

Apparently funerals provide a rare opportunity for crowds to gather as villagers working as migrant workers in industrial centres return home to bury the deceased. At one time performances of traditional opera were a popular way of seeing off the deceased but it seems that such methods no longer pull in the crowds so alternative methods are now used – such as employing strippers.

Some mourners have reportedly been more than a little surprised when troupes, they thought had been hired to play dirges, suddenly changed their tune and began throwing off their clothes! So now the Chinese Ministry of Culture is taking the whip hand – as it were – and cracking down on these practices alleging that such performances are disrupting local entertainment markets. I’ll bet they are!

Sir Daniel GoochBeing a Tuesday Margaret Mills was back with me today. No ghost stories this week as instead we heard all about a one-time owner of Hylands House in Chelmsford, Sir Daniel Gooch. A colourful character who even took part in an ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. Listen again to what Margaret told me by clicking on the link below: –

OK see you again soon,
Scott

 
 
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