While it may seem a little too raucous for the UK, a popular way to celebrate someone’s life in China is by watching naked dancers, apparently.
In fact this risqué practise has gotten so out of hand China’s Ministry of Culture are trying to crack down on the performances.
Rather than the death of a loved one getting people ‘in the mood’, strippers are thought to be hired for funerals in a bid to draw in more mourners.
Some elements of Chinese culture suggest that if a funeral is attended by many mourners the deceased will have good fortune in the afterlife.
The Chinese government are expected to work with police to put a stop to the practise following a picture of women dancing at a funeral that quickly spread around the world after being posted online.
One funeral earlier this year which featured female stripper ended with the organisers being fined 70,000 yuan (£7,000) after police turned up.
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http://report24.co.uk/article/166439/china-is-cracking-down-on-strippers-attending-funerals
