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TO Star: Chinese police end funeral striptease acts
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| dEsidEL |
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Chinese police end funeral striptease acts
Performances meant to increase attendance in order to honour the deceased
Official hotline set up for 'funeral misdeeds'
Aug. 23, 2006. 12:04 PM
REUTERS
BEIJING — Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China after five people were arrested for organising the intimate farewells, state media reported today.
Police swooped last week after two groups of strippers gave "obscene performances" at a farmer's funeral in Donghai County, Jiangsu province, Xinhua news agency said.
The disrobing served a higher purpose, the report noted.
"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," it said. "Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured".
Wealthy families often employed two troupes of performers to attract a crowd. Two hundred showed up at last week's funeral.
Five strippers were detained and local officials "issued notices concerning funeral management", Xinhua said.
Now village officials must submit plans for funerals within 12 hours after a villager dies. And residents can report "funeral misdeeds" on a hotline, the report said.
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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...epath=News/News
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| Abercrombie |
| "It's what he would have wanted" |
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| Abercrombie |
| They put the Fun in Funeral. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| lol, Aber, u, at least give the other people a go. |
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| teufel-man |
| I think this is absolutely terrible! How disrespectful can they be to a person who has just lost their life? I think the more people who come to the funeral, that actaully cared about the person, the better. But to have more people come to your funeral because a stripper was there??? like come on..... this is 2006, use your head |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by teufel-man
I think this is absolutely terrible! How disrespectful can they be to a person who has just lost their life? I think the more people who come to the funeral, that actaully cared about the person, the better. But to have more people come to your funeral because a stripper was there??? like come on..... this is 2006, use your head |
and thats china.... people think differently in other parts of the world |
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| Misanthrope |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
and thats china.... people think differently in other parts of the world |
lies! we're all still under western influence.
you mean there are other countries outside north america? |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
lol, Aber, u, at least give the other people a go. |
lol, you're right, one catchy comment at a time. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| Hahaha...think of all the kids getting their first stripper experience at their uncle's funeral. |
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| HypnotEyez |
Funeral Crashing FTW!!:wtf:
...yea I think that's just wrong... |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
lol, you're right, one catchy comment at a time. |
And on that note, this is one funeral where the deceased is not the only stiffie. |
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