₦airaland Forum

This is my opinion regarding this matter,going to eat at funerals is not appropriate. A place of funeral is not a place of celebration or feasting but a place of solemnity but unfortunately some persons or most cultures has made it a must that food of assorted kinds must be prepared and people MUST eat.
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.
There are even some that even go about in the community looking for funerals ceremony just to find where to eat and even go with extra.
Well if a man has the money to spend lavishly or call the community to feast in a burial, it's up to him but this should not be a rule.

What do you think?

DanOkonkwo:
This is my opinion regarding this matter,going to eat at funerals is not appropriate. A place of funeral is not a place of celebration or feasting but a place of solemnity but unfortunately some persons or most cultures has made it a must that food of assorted kinds must be prepared and people MUST eat.
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.
There are even some that even go about in the community looking for funerals ceremony just to find where to eat and even go with extra.
Well if a man has the money to spend lavishly or call the community to feast in a burial, it's up to him but this should not be a rule.

What do you think?

Then why is it called a celebration of life,it represents the legacies of the dearly departed and as xtians,you should be happy when the person has gone to sleep in the bosom of the lord.......in my culture,nobody forces you to throw lavish burials,if you can afford it,that's fine and also the death of a minor or someone considered still young below 50 yrs isn't usually celebrated.......anyone older than the deceased also doesn't eat the food served at the burial......but that one nah before o,people noh send again because of sapa.

Above 80 years is a celebration of life. Eat, drink and merry as much as possible. If e easy, reach the age first. Anything under is a solemn occasion. Must you starve attendees because somebody died young? Funerals should be like weddings — do according to your pocket.

Even your president cannot change the Nigerian thing. Yes its is how it's being done over here.

DanOkonkwo:
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.

if ur own for kpai, ma je AKARA oo sho GBO, we all have reason to EAT at FUNERALS

I GO LIE for u, BROTHER MAN!

DanOkonkwo:
This is my opinion regarding this matter,going to eat at funerals is not appropriate. A place of funeral is not a place of celebration or feasting but a place of solemnity but unfortunately some persons or most cultures has made it a must that food of assorted kinds must be prepared and people MUST eat.
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.
There are even some that even go about in the community looking for funerals ceremony just to find where to eat and even go with extra.
Well if a man has the money to spend lavishly or call the community to feast in a burial, it's up to him but this should not be a rule.

What do you think?

Ecclesiastics 7:2
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

You better eat ooo. It's nothing but honoring the dead. I no get patience to explain that scripture. But it ain't anything bad if you eat at funerals. May we not die untimely. Amen

If it is a young person. Food is not required..

But if it an elderly person who lived old
Then it's no longer a Funeral but it's called a CELEBRATION OF LIFE

In that case enough shayo and food go surplus because you are giving him his final celebration like a send forth to the other realm.

Them don use banana chop burial rice for my face sef

Oga when is your own makeni show up 🍺🍲

E get one wey I see for village..
The people wey come the church for the burial no reach 20.

As the mass end, them come dey carry the body go the compound. You go see people wey don dress finish dey hide dey wait to join people we come back from church dey go thd person compound so them go chop😂😂😂

I laugh tire that day. See crowd for compound. Meanwhile them no reach 20 for inside church during burial service..

Nwanne, if you remove food.
Na only 3 people go come the burial😂😂

It is based on your upbringing.
If you were brought up in Igbo land you won't see it as wrong.
I can never forget the first time I went to burial in Igbo land.
I couldn't even drink anything, while the family of the deceased were busy dragging drinks and food.
That was then sha, food is first in burial now for me. You will eat different delicacy and drink different drinks, except if you have small stomach like me.

Elderly... Yes
Younger untimely death... Weird
Toddler... No

Some people who lose loved ones in this part of the world, are more grieved by how to go about the resources & stress of organising a "befitting" burial for the dead.

DanOkonkwo:
This is my opinion regarding this matter,going to eat at funerals is not appropriate. A place of funeral is not a place of celebration or feasting but a place of solemnity but unfortunately some persons or most cultures has made it a must that food of assorted kinds must be prepared and people MUST eat.
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.
There are even some that even go about in the community looking for funerals ceremony just to find where to eat and even go with extra.
Well if a man has the money to spend lavishly or call the community to feast in a burial, it's up to him but this should not be a rule.

What do you think?

your opinion has never mattered in the scheme of things

It all depends on the quality of food served.

Imagine being served a tomahawk steak, fries and hot sauce. You have no other option than to eat in such situation.

If it the usual rice and Garri stuffs, I will agree with you. But if the food is worth it, eating should be permitted .

You only eating to celebrate the life and times of the deceased.

DanOkonkwo:
This is my opinion regarding this matter,going to eat at funerals is not appropriate. A place of funeral is not a place of celebration or feasting but a place of solemnity but unfortunately some persons or most cultures has made it a must that food of assorted kinds must be prepared and people MUST eat.
I think that this part of our culture must be looked into, because I cannot imagine a family that is struggling to make ends meet still mandated to go through hell to provide a big burial where food must be cooked and served, just to bury a loved one.
There are even some that even go about in the community looking for funerals ceremony just to find where to eat and even go with extra.
Well if a man has the money to spend lavishly or call the community to feast in a burial, it's up to him but this should not be a rule.

What do you think?

If you don't eat, the dead wont return

Do you celebrating every time you eat? The food is to say thank you for coming and its not mandatory

If you attend funerals of people who died at old age, you can eat happily at funerals. Such is called celebration of life.

NOT WRONG

NA SHOW OF LOVE AFTER DEATH.

Yemmysworld91:
Ecclesiastics 7:2
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

You better eat ooo. It's nothing but honoring the dead. I no get patience to explain that scripture. But it ain't anything bad if you eat at funerals. May we not die untimely. Amen

Give us a Bible verse where Jesus ate food at a burial? Since you are following the Bible

If eating and drinking in funerals is prohibited, death rate in Nigeria will reduce by 70%.

Facto!

Lithiumite:
Then why is it called a celebration of life,it represents the legacies of the dearly departed and as xtians,you should be happy when the person has gone to sleep in the bosom of the lord.......in my culture,nobody forces you to throw lavish burials,if you can afford it,that's fine and also the death of a minor or someone considered still young below 50 yrs isn't usually celebrated.......anyone older than the deceased also doesn't eat the food served at the burial......but that one nah before o,people noh send again because of sapa.

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If the dead person has lived a good life and has attained the age of 70 and above then it calls for celebration 🍾

When I kpai I go like make person chop well well for burial

Hussein035:
Give us a Bible verse where Jesus ate food at a burial? Since you are following the Bible

That the Bible doesn't record Jesus eating at any burial does not make it wrong to eat at one na. You are only celebrating the dead. Haba
In the case of untimely death it'd be hard to it. But what I learnt from elderly ones is that, the person dead is already ahead of them in death and should be honored. It's nothing to eat at funerals.

Personal I struggle with party foods, but I respect those who gladly eat it.

You're absolutely correct. The eaters are either the gluttons, those happy the person died or those who actually killed the person by praying die ...die, die by fire. You can't find the apetite to eat at the funeral of someone you really cared about.

Yemmysworld91:
Ecclesiastics 7:2
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

You better eat ooo. It's nothing but honoring the dead. I no get patience to explain that scripture. But it ain't anything bad if you eat at funerals. May we not die untimely. Amen

In the house of mourning people mourn not feast. Don't misinterprete the bible.

No be u die now. na the person wey die they chop for him head. When they had his or her naming ceremony, they will eat and after he or she dies, they will also eat

No be u die now. na the person wey die they chop for him head. When they had his or her naming ceremony, they will eat and after he or she dies, they will also eat.
U don't want to eat to honor the dead? it can't work

Yes. It is somehow wrong eating at funerals especially of younger ones.

I don't eat at funerals , I personally see it as a violation

My 3 cents