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Joanna Broussard's avatar

I’m from New Orleans and have witnessed our Jazz Funerals. The tradition of celebration after death in New Orleans is strong because of our multi-cultural heritage! It’s not unusual to have food, wine, music and storytelling at the wake or a post-funeral party or even before a person dies.

When my mom passed, she had made a fresh pot of her incredible Italian garlic & tomato sauce the day before she died. We all went home played her favorite Italian songs and ate her sauce with spaghetti, Italian bread, etc. We kept expecting her to walk in at any moment. It would have been just like her to do so! 🎉🥳

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JULIA HUBBEL's avatar

The other tradition in the West, at least here, is to suck as much money out of you for the funeral as possible. Then to suck as much money out of the mourners, by asking you to sign up on some page to post your grief, after which EVERY FUCKING YEAR on the anniversary of that death they send you a reminder to send MORE money for flowers that have a hefty override. I'm all in for ONE BIG PARTY.

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