Chinese Police End Funeral Striptease Acts

[Cmill216]

BEIJING - Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China after five people were arrested for organizing the intimate farewells, state media reported on Wednesday.

Police swooped last week after two groups of strippers gave "obscene performances" at a farmer's funeral in Donghai County, Jiangsu province, Xinhua news agency said.

The disrobing served a higher purpose, the report noted.

"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," it said. "Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honored."

Wealthy families often employed two troupes of performers to attract a crowd. Two hundred showed up at last week's funeral.

Five strippers were detained and local officials "issued notices concerning funeral management", Xinhua said.

Now village officials must submit plans for funerals within 12 hours after a villager dies. And residents can report "funeral misdeeds" on a hotline, the report said.

SOURCE: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14482354/?GT1=8404

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[Slipknot]

Reminds me of what happened when they held the funeral for GG Allin.

 

[Fenrir]

That's the only place in the world where people might actually enjoy a funeral. Give a new meaning to the term "guilty pleasure".

 

[Lurk]

Yeesh, I read about that on Wiki recently (GG Allin). WOW.

 

[Iceman]

It sounds hilarious ... but I don't understand how the family of a dead person can really want strippers to attend the funeral of a loved one, even if it does artificially boost attendance.

 

[jaguarr]

Stinkin' pigs ruin everything, man! Down with the establishment! Burn your draft cards and bras!!!!

jag

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Chinese Police suck.

 

[Lackey]

That's it, I'm having a striptease at my funeral... and I'm having my funeral before I die.

**** it, I'm having 3 funerals.

 

[Iceman]

If any of my Chinese friends die I'll care now.

 

[kane9321]

holy crap