₦airaland Forum

babyosisi:
I have eaten at burials and funerals because they keep you there for so long and you get hungry
You have to eat na

qbd2:
Hmm, I can't. Childhood thingy. Used to feel as though I was eating d deceased's body

softysparky:
Imagine, drinking on top bad news.

WTF.

Udochee:
People deliberately 'store' their dead loved ones in the morgue for months inorder to raise enough money for the burial.i feel the family elders should help by ensuring quick burial of dead loved ones.
'last bullet-my tribe can so over spend ehhh'

corisande:
lol
I used to think so too oh, say the hand wey dem take touch deadbody, touch the food.
I have never eaten in a burial before oh

damiso:
:Dby the time you do ita(3 day prayer) 7 day Fidau,41 days etc etc the costs go just dey pile up.

They even yii eyin oku pada(turn the corpse back ) like seriously corpse that has already decomposed.

babyosisi:
Is this thing worse amongst Igbos or what?
Imagine 7 cows killed and dashing countless goats to groups
What for
Shouldn't the groups be the ones bringing goats
Why should the bereaved family be doing saraka with goat not even fowl

ladygogo:
i know someone that threw a party for his parents remembrance. Smh.

Esdb3:
You need to be realistic cause a man that dies of malnutrition has never been buried with 5 to 10 cows haha!!!!

deriod:
guy I'm talking from what I saw & no ,one of such cases is a woman from my home town ,she's dead for three days before neighbours found out .

babyosisi:
Why do we spend this much money on funerals
Why must people break the bank ,go a-begging and a-borrowing in order to bury a dead relative?
Why do Nigerians think this way ?
A relative dies leaving nothing to his name and the living have to go through hell just to put the person into the ground.

A relative I love so much called me asking for monetary help to bury her sister ( they are my dad's cousins)
I would have felt better if she was asking me money with which to pay her rent or feed herself since she is now retired
But money for a funeral?
For a sister that has children?
I will send it because I love my aunt, but it is such a waste IMHO
What exactly do they intend to do there?
If you didn't keep anything for your funeral,why should the living go through this much stress to bury you?


I appeal to the younger generation,this stupidity must stop
Don't carry on this ignorance of the generations before you
There is no common sense behind it
Please voice your opinion,I am getting sick and tired of all this hoopla over funerals.
People have even turned it into business ventures here in the USA
Doing fund raisers for family members they never gave a dime to when they were alive

Esdb3:
That doesn't mean her family is poor. By ur rudimentary post you made it sound like a poor person's family killed 5-10 cows.

deriod:
guy she lived in a dilapidated mud house in sagamu ogun state ,she goes to party to beg for leftovers,but when she died street were close ,u need to b there to c how money was spent ,over 10 cows were killed it took d intervention of elders to stop d youths from disrupting d party &destroying things ,Yoruba s& Igbo are mostly guilty of this.

SAMBARRY:
Yes o we must. Reasons

babyosisi:
Is this thing worse amongst Igbos or what?
Imagine 7 cows killed and dashing countless goats to groups
What for
Shouldn't the groups be the ones bringing goats
Why should the bereaved family be doing saraka with goat not even fowl

deriod:
guy she lived in a dilapidated mud house in sagamu ogun state ,she goes to party to beg for leftovers,but when she died street were close ,u need to b there to c how money was spent ,over 10 cows were killed it took d intervention of elders to stop d youths from disrupting d party &destroying things ,Yoruba s& Igbo are mostly guilty of this.

babyosisi:
People in rivers state and akwacross also spend lavishly for funerals

Esdb3:
That was not her family definitely just people who have been longing for a party.

Kachisbarbie:
Babe na my Country 5 people o. They sabi tradition ehn...

OpraMenu:
onyedikachi i bu onye mba5 ?

Yes I am. By marriage though...

babyosisi:
After how many years biko

moca:
Let me break it down.
These r not within d bugdet giving to us by our people.
The priest conducting d rite said not less than 100k. According to him, this is a big man so big money should be paid on his behalf.
Even d 100k, he wasn't happy. Just reluctantly collected it.

All of us where made to pay tithe levy by d same church again. That they can't find our name.
Now, reverend said we should support his wife's program.
Hope u r counting.

Then, money distribution in envelopes. In thousands to more than 10 groups.

Timbuktou:
I'm more shocked that you and your family paid this money. Isn't the church supposed to provide succour to its members? When did the reign of extortion become status quo.

Meanwhile, lost my granpa(95) last year. He died on a sunday and by friday morning, my father made sure he was buried in his

compound per his wishes. It was crowd control and it worked perfectly, we were done by 1pm. The man is gone and we're all happy. I'm sure my dad would want nothing else for himself too.

I'm attending a neighbour's father's burial today and before I left the house this morning cow done arrive and this man died last week tuesday. I bought the ankara so, I go make sure I reach the venue early and hungry.