Maybe, if the deceased has been cremated and wants their ashes scattered in the sea, flip flops and shorts and a beach party would be appropriate. Otherwise not.
I rather like the idea of colourful clothes at a funeral - a good way to mark the passing of one you have loved and not disrespectful.
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I would always wear black to a funeral. Thankfully I haven’t been to many but I feel it’s appropriate. I would feel uncomfortable wearing bright colours.
This thread was started by discussing lockdown lockdown pastimes and has bizarrely if not a little ironically, given the government information on death numbers yesterday, turned to talk of funerals. 🤔
In trying to keep myself occupied, struggling to find an interesting pastime indoors during this period of bad weather I'm finding myself turning more and more to Google for all sorts of information. Apparently, the Romans started the trend for sombre colours at funerals, the British particularly the Victorian's took it to a new level, widows wearing black, grey or purple for up to 3 years in 'half mourning'. Some countries wear white as a token of peace others yellow to represent the sun and eternal life. It has become trendy to have themed funerals as funerals are now often used to celebrate the life of the passed one rather than mourning the death.
Therefore, I'd say my lockdown pastime is finding out new information, in all honesty much of it useless, possibly helpful in a quiz at some point in the future. 😅
I do believe however, I must try harder...perhaps decorating the back bedroom might be more useful. 😅
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The Ghanaian ones are amazing. There was a sculpture park in our village in Belgium that had an exhibition of them for a year. Fabulous and some very funny.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
My Dad's funeral was in May some years ago, and I bought a lovely classic linen shift dress (muted colours, but no black at all). I wear it at least once if not more a year and it will always bring happy memories of him.
I just bought a cheap spray tin of bright yellow paint at the hobby shop and sprayed all the handles of my garden tools. Mostly I'm able to find where I laid them down now!
Hubby would never dream of using my garden tools whatever colour they were. Not out of respect, just because he never dream of using any gardening tools unless I actively bullied him into it.
Same here till he retired. Now I've had to buy a second Wolf head push-me-pull-you hoe head and a second long Wolf handle and a second rake head and more secateurs!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I rather like the idea of colourful clothes at a funeral - a good way to mark the passing of one you have loved and not disrespectful.
In trying to keep myself occupied, struggling to find an interesting pastime indoors during this period of bad weather I'm finding myself turning more and more to Google for all sorts of information. Apparently, the Romans started the trend for sombre colours at funerals, the British particularly the Victorian's took it to a new level, widows wearing black, grey or purple for up to 3 years in 'half mourning'. Some countries wear white as a token of peace others yellow to represent the sun and eternal life. It has become trendy to have themed funerals as funerals are now often used to celebrate the life of the passed one rather than mourning the death.
Therefore, I'd say my lockdown pastime is finding out new information, in all honesty much of it useless, possibly helpful in a quiz at some point in the future. 😅
I do believe however, I must try harder...perhaps decorating the back bedroom might be more useful. 😅