Love this.
In some parts of China, local villagers believed the more mourners at a funeral the more honour the deceased (or family) would receive. Thus the family adopts the strategy of ensuring as many mourners as possible attend the funeral of a loved one.
But how?
Better-off families usually hired two troupes to make funerals ‘more bustling’ so as to attract the mourners.
What troupes?
Striptease! Yahoooooo!
I love those Chinese innovation ;-) Two troupes were invited to strip off at the funeral of a villager called Liang on August 16. About 200 villagers, including children, rolled up to Liang's funeral. What honour ;-)
Strippers were once a common sight at funerals in the Donghai area. But hey, what do you meant “were”?
I reckon because striptease troupes do not add to the solemnity of the occasion, Chinese authorities have cracked down on the unseemly activity. It has even set up a ‘funeral misdeeds’ hotline after the recent crackdown on hiring strippers. The news report said callers to the hotline were in line for a reward of about $50.
Five striptease troupe bosses were arrested in east China's Jiangsu Province last week after ‘obscene performances’ at a funeral. Dash it, wish I had been there!
Obscene? Maybe the police don’t want the dead to wake up? ;-) Bloody spoilsport.
Striptease for the Decease,
ReplyDeleteGreat idea but everyone will be looking forward for someone to die so it could be held. Wah, China might've found their 'voluntary population control'.