Jazz Funerals

Imagine your dead relative in the palm of your hands, or taking the dead relative out with your family, as if it was a normal day. It may seem uncommon to hear this, but these are few types’ funerals that are practices from different cultures. Death is a way of life, and everything living will die. Over centuries many cultures have a different way of remembering the dead. Funerals play significant role of allowing people to remember the dead, and letting the dead move on. Let’s take a journey to 10 different countries; Indonesia, New Orleans, South Korean, Philippines, Mongolia, United States, Balinese, Madagascar, Australia, and Ghana to see how funeral traditions are practice among the cultures.
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“Jazz funerals were intended to both help the deceased find their way to heaven and to celebrate the final release from the bounds of earthly life, which had, in the past, included the release from slavery.” New Orleans jazz funeral was influenced by African ceremonies, which came from captive slaves overseas. Jazz bands was not accepted by Catholic churches, and restricted largely to the black Protestants. Towards the middle of the 20th century, jazz funerals will become most honored ceremony. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, were the most celebrated jazz band to perform for funerals. “Historically, the New Orleans jazz funeral could last up to a week and sometimes even included a parade.” Since jazz funerals were the most honored, it will mostly perform for fallen police officers, well-known musicians and other high class citizens. The typical music played was traditional hymns, gospel, rock, and R&B music. Funk and hip-hop will eventually makes its way into jazz funerals. The funeral began with a small march from the home of the deceased to the church or funeral home. The coffin may be carried by horse-drawn hearse, during the marches, followed with the brass band playing slow music. People standing on the sides were allowed to join in the marches. When the coffin was lowered into the grown, the bands will play wilder up-beat music to help celebrate the deceased life on earth. “The jazz funeral …show more content…
Agung Suyasa, head of the royal family, was burned with two other royal figures, and 68 commoners. Majority of the commoners will be cremated in different areas. Bail people believe cremation help release the soul out of the body to be free. Thousands of people will help volunteer to help carried the giant emblems. The volunteers were called porters, and would be wearing purple shirts. 200 hundred porters at a time will help carry a bamboo platform as tall as three-story building. The bamboo platforms will help carry the Suyasa coffin with, the other two royal members. Porter between the walk will laugh, or break into running with the platforms, to help confuse the sprits. Then towards the end of the walk, a huge dragon beside a huge wooden bull hanging upside down with a gold neckless hanging from it. When the platforms enter in the cremation area, 200 porters will glide Suyasa coffin on their backs. Then carried three times around the bull, while dancing and cheering. After the three times the body will be put inside of the bull, and the bull will be put on fire. People will stand amazed watching flames shoot out from the; nostrils, eyes, and