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* The girl who's the subject of Music/GeorgeEzra's "Green Green Grass" makes a point of telling the narrator to throw a party on the day she dies. Ezra was actually inspired to write the song when, during a holiday trip to St. Lucia in 2018, he came across a lively street party that he learned was a funeral celebrating the lives of three people.
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These funerals can be very confusing to many and can lead to [[CultureShock culture shock]], and it's not uncommon for the people at the funeral to think that people who prefer funerals to be somber [[CultureBlind just don't take the time to understand that not all funerals are the same]].

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These funerals can be very confusing to many and can lead to [[CultureShock [[CultureClash culture shock]], Clash]], and it's not uncommon for the people at the funeral to think that people who prefer funerals to be somber [[CultureBlind just don't take the time to understand that not all funerals are the same]].


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* After Shane [=MacGowan=] of Music/ThePogues died in November 2023, fellow Irish artists Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill were invited to perform the band's song [[ChristmasSongs "Fairytale of New York"]] at his funeral. A widely-circulated video from the ceremony shows some of the mourners getting out of their seats to dance in the aisles during the song's closing instrumental.
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* The Vikings celebrated at the funerals of their chiefs, at least. They got drunk, had fights, and stayed up all night sharing tales of heroism. This was because they believed that [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral the deceased's ghost came to the party]], and they would be haunted by him if he didn't enjoy it.

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* The Vikings UsefulNotes/{{The Viking|Age}}s celebrated at the funerals of their chiefs, at least. They got drunk, had fights, and stayed up all night sharing tales of heroism. This was because they believed that [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral the deceased's ghost came to the party]], and they would be haunted by him if he didn't enjoy it.



* Puerto Rican comedian Jose Miguel Agrelot reportedly was asked by a friend to make jokes on his funeral if he died first. He did indeed die, and Agrelot showed up at the funeral, apologized for what he was going to do- and then launched into a tirade (mostly ''insulting'' his late friend!) so funny that even the grieving widow cracked up!

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* Puerto Rican UsefulNotes/{{Puerto Ric|o}}an comedian Jose Miguel Agrelot reportedly was asked by a friend to make jokes on his funeral if he died first. He did indeed die, and Agrelot showed up at the funeral, apologized for what he was going to do- and then launched into a tirade (mostly ''insulting'' his late friend!) so funny that even the grieving widow cracked up!



* Creator/BelaLugosi was buried in a full Dracula costume. According to now-debunked rumors, Creator/PeterLorre reportedly asked (''[[RefugeInAudacity right in the middle of the ceremony]]'') if they should [[CrossesTheLineTwice stake his corpse before they put it in the ground, "just in case"]]. In reality, Lorre wasn't even present for the funeral.

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* Creator/BelaLugosi was buried in a full Dracula {{Dracula}} costume. According to now-debunked rumors, Creator/PeterLorre reportedly asked (''[[RefugeInAudacity right in the middle of the ceremony]]'') if they should [[CrossesTheLineTwice stake his corpse before they put it in the ground, "just in case"]]. In reality, Lorre wasn't even present for the funeral.



* When Mexican showman and comedian [[Series/ElchavoDelOcho Roberto]] "Series/{{Chespirito}}" [[Series/ElchapulinColorado Gómez Bolaños]] died in 2014, [[http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/-con-un-multitudinario-funeral-en-el-estadio-azteca-mexico-despidio-a-chespirito many kids and adults showed up to his funeral in the Estadio Azteca of Mexico City... cosplaying as his characters]].[[note]]The link is in Spanish.[[/note]]

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* When Mexican UsefulNotes/{{Mexic|o}}an showman and comedian [[Series/ElchavoDelOcho Roberto]] "Series/{{Chespirito}}" [[Series/ElchapulinColorado Gómez Bolaños]] died in 2014, [[http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/-con-un-multitudinario-funeral-en-el-estadio-azteca-mexico-despidio-a-chespirito many kids and adults showed up to his funeral in the Estadio Azteca of Mexico City... cosplaying as his characters]].[[note]]The link is in Spanish.[[/note]]
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* In UsefulNotes/{{France}} in April 2023, a French teacher, Agnès Lassalle, was stabbed to death in her class by one of her pupils. At the end of the funeral, her husband [[https://youtu.be/YI8gciBRrs8 started dancing]] in front of her coffin, followed by other people around. The couple loved dancing.



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* The second series of the CBBC sitcom ''Series/{{Mud}}'' begins with the [[ThePollyanna ever-cheerful]] Miss Dudderidge returning from her grandmother's funeral, lightheartedly singing and recounting what a wonderful time had been had by all.

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* The second series of the CBBC Creator/{{CBBC}} sitcom ''Series/{{Mud}}'' begins with the [[ThePollyanna ever-cheerful]] Miss Dudderidge returning from her grandmother's funeral, lightheartedly singing and recounting what a wonderful time had been had by all.

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