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[quote=APAULT,290121]Generally we wear black in westwern countries.  However, this 'rule' is not applied strictly in some countries.  I recently attended my father's funeral and we did not wear black ties as is the old custom.  Mostly we were in dark colours but not solely black.

I have left instructions for my son that my funeral should not be a serious affair and have nominated a sum of money for a 'party'.... sometimes known as a 'wake'.   In language terms it is a contradiction but we sometimes say 'death is a  part of life'.  The reality is it is part of the cycle.

Tragedies such as we have just experienced: Sichuan and Myanmar, are out of the ordinary.  We cannot party after such tragedies.  At the risk of offending some, I grieve for the living, the relatives left behind, rather than those who died.  Some families have great hardship ahead.  I always fear that we grieve today for the dead but too easily forget that others will need support for a long time into the future.[/quote]

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