kolawaxxy: I love the way muslims bury their dead; bury the corpse, say some few prayers then go home.

ikekings1: I enjoy burials!!! Free food, free drinks.. What else can I ask for? A time for jollification!!! ..
Watch them attack me!!!

Phder:
Yes. And probably get the ashes disposed in a running water.

ayd91:
seriously, I once thought of cremation but man, it takes courage.
Imagine if somehow the human spirit still shared connection with the body? Me and fire don't mix. .
Its a philosophically beautiful act. I guess the old fashion way still works for me. .

nickz: Using a dead mans casket for acrobatics was the one that pissed me off.........if I die and my children do that to me I swear na thunder I go use strike dem

Phder:

Laughs @ "What if the spirit still share connection with the body" there is nothing like that. Once the spirit leaves, it's gone, for good! The body is as good as a goat that died on the street corner.

I have been able to dissect cadavers and I can tell you; we're nothing but piece of meat without the spirit.

ayd91:

. Guess I've been watching too much sci-fi.

Zaccky Ochai: Africans were not like that before. The influence of christianity on african culture should be seriously explore otherwise with our attitude here, one may not be able bury one's relatives for shame of not living up to the expectations. I bow for the writer!

adtiezy1: lets see whuz sharp

life_style:

They also celebrate after a month or so.....

blink182: This one na church financial secretary. Na poverty you go die put.

blink182: This one na church financial secretary. Na poverty you go die put.

biafra kwenu: Let's celebrate the lives of our loved ones while they are still living and quit using burial ceremonies to show affluence. If you cannot celebrate when there is life, why bother when there is death? The dead should be mourned and not celebrated as it amounts to mockery because they cannot celebrate with you. Eating and drinking during burial ceremonies is definitely unchristian, but because of our wickedness we chose to continue with this heathen practice! The bereaved is crying not because of the loss but for what we so called "Christians" will eat and drink on the burial day. The church now sees an opportunity to recover all monies being owed by the dead and family members otherwise no church burial. When the church cannot forgive even the dead, then it is not a christian church because forgiveness leads to Christ. If the church be the judge, no poor man will go to Heaven. The dependents of the dead - God save them.

DEGREE2466: There is nothing like overdoing of anything here.

I can see the Ops is reasoning from pover*y. If you get small change now you will see reason to celebrate even the death of your goat.

If someone faints because of hunger in a burial ceremony what will happen then?

Will we follow the dead person to the grave

Please lets celebrate our dead ones because we are not their killer

Even the bible admonish us not to mourn like unbelievers so why do you want the living to suffer because someone dies?

Waspy: How else do we show our neighbours and others how much we have embezzled and stolen.
it is part of the crowd mentality, the rat race in Nigeria. "I beta pass my neighbour" "My money and ur money nor be mate". I think a black man's brain is designed to value trivial and petty things.