I don't know that this is a religious question, in fact i have inside info it has nothing to do with the matter, but why do you suppose the Irish celebrate death rather than mourn it unlike most others in the world?

cause they can ? : )

Are you talking about a wake? It's not a celebration of death. It's a time to remember the deceased life without tears.

Who says there is only one way to grieve and mourn? I would rather have a wake and remember my life than tears

You forget the Mexican holiday D�a de Muertos (Day of the Dead)

"death" that we know it first hand here on this world should be celebrated in hopes the person went to Heaven. Why mourn at a funeral? Are they feeling anymore pain of anything? No, they are at peace, they have finished the journey. You'll catch up with them one day in the paradise one day hopefully :)

exactly.... if you a person inclined to believe that, why mourn? but what makes such a select group understand this and so many others just not get it?

Well, many people throughout history, including many indigenous tribes percieved physical reality and death as just phases,or parts of a greater cycle of life. So death in many cases was seen as a "step forward" in their lives, or consciousness, so they celebrated the departure of the "dying" as a means of celebrating this transition through the greater life cycle.

Pretty cool concept if you ask me lol.

Sorry for the double post, but to add to that previous point, many indigenous tribes were slaughtered and overcome by new people from other areas with different philosophies of life and death. Humanity has been historically closed minded to accepting new ideals and saw those people who believed differently to be inferior. Over time, the newer philosophies overcame the teachings of the ancient people.

now gay marriage too... them irish know a thing or two... just saying

we shouldn't bash how people choose to live

so I will be cautious,,,,


um,,,some people choose to celebrate death as a passing into another life,,,,,and some people choose to mourn death as the loss of a life that could have been

Its not a celebration of death, more a celebration of the persons life.
Especially if the deceased was a good egg.

lol good egg

don't hear that phrase often,,,

Celebrating death? New Orleans has some pretty rockin wakes. And then you have Ms Mae Mae....


"" NEW ORLEANS — A 53-year-old New
Orleans woman was memorialized with a
“last party” at her funeral this week,
complete with beer, menthol cigarettes
and a disco ball, according to WGNO.
Miriam Marie “Mae-Mae” Burbank passed
away on June 1. Burbank’s two daughters
said Burbank was “full of life” and they
wanted her funeral to reflect her life.
The sisters told the funeral home directors
at Charbonnet Funeral Home in New
Orleans about their mother and
planners came up with a way to honor
Burbank.
At the funeral, Burbank was sitting at a
table in a living room setting holding a
menthol cigarette and a glass of beer. A
crossword puzzle and Saints helmets were
also featured on the table.""
http://myfox8.com/2014/06/12/womans-funeral-a-last-party-complete-with-beer-and-menthol-cigarettes/

thats kind of awesome, I hope mine will be a celebration too, but I actually am more laid back in my personal demeanor,, so partying is probably not the best to represent my life,,lol

Yep, I thought it was also lol

any excuse to tip a glass...
....lol

aaah now we are getting somewhere... they have often been thought of as drunken rabble... yet so enlightened?

I say its simply because societies simply crack at some point and the new ways are often just whatever is opposite of the established views.
It happened in america in the 60s and 70s old ways where tossed out and new ones where if u do it that way then ill do it this way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIx5Uf9p0kU

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars 1950 New Orleans Function

Pretty wild Wake!

I've failed to see a "celebration of
death" outlined in this thread.

What I have seen, are examples of
celebrating a person's life, after their
passing.