What a way to go

[Antfarmer77]

Chinese police end funeral striptease acts
Traditional titillating farewells used to attract crowds for the deceased.

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.

 

[rgraham666]

And we're worried that these people will overtake us economically?

 

[TheEarl]

And we're worried that these people will overtake us economically?

Sounds like a damned good marketing ploy to me...

The Earl

 

[Aurora Black]

This makes me look forward to the next Olympics. Maybe they'll strip then. You can't buy that kind of entertainment.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

If this is true how cum they don't have strippers in Chinese Resturaunts??

 

[Weird Harold]

If this is true how cum they don't have strippers in Chinese Resturaunts??

Wouldn't that be a bit like having an undertaker as front man for a mom-n-pop restaurant?

I think they're wise to curb this lacivious practice. Who knows how many perverts are out there poisoning peopele to get a free strip show?