{"id":144,"date":"2006-09-03T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-03T04:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/09\/03\/and-you-thought-irish-funerals-were-wild\/"},"modified":"2010-11-21T23:13:56","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T04:13:56","slug":"and-you-thought-irish-funerals-were-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/09\/03\/and-you-thought-irish-funerals-were-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"And you thought Irish Funerals were wild?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><table cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/232280246\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/94\/232280246_c72a2024fb_m.jpg\" width=\"153\" height=\"240\" alt=\"BRAC310\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/232280223\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/96\/232280223_ef48df6e80_o.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"250\" alt=\"SM21319sm\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Authorities in China are stopping strippers from performing at funerals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>It comes after five striptease troupe bosses were arrested in east China&#8217;s Jiangsu Province after &#8220;obscene performances&#8221; at a funeral, according to the Xinhua agency.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests, in Donghai county, followed striptease acts at a farmer&#8217;s funeral, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Two hundred people were said to have attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>A source said: &#8220;Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai&#8217;s rural areas to allure viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Residents are encouraged to report &#8220;funeral misdeeds&#8221; on a hotline, earning a reward for information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in China are stopping strippers from performing at funerals. 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