A Weird Korean Funeral Custom That's Not So Weird

An American Maryknoll Father who has been in for decades describes how he went from being "annoyed with the shenanigans of the pallbearers... refusing to move until someone gave some money or some cigarettes" to seeing "the 'fooling around' on the way to the grave as a beautiful tribute to the deceased," calling it "cathartic and bringing a little humour into the very sad situation of death" — Korean Funerals and A Catholic Missioner.