Re:Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead
by Dead_Lemon on Friday April 10, 2026 @03:39AM
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Funerals are a big thing in South Africa. It can be often to the same level as a wedding, where families will take out loans to host the event. Hence the funeral insurance being common.
You go to an ATM and get advertised Funeral Cover, offered by your bank.
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Re:Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead
by Semaphor on Friday April 10, 2026 @03:46AM
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Might depend on the tribe, and on personal circumstances. The biggest/weirdest thing for me was the whole night vigil and brewing (Umqombothi) and cooking/roasting of the lamb to honor the elders, which had several guests, but not on a wedding level.
Re:Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead
by porridgeraisin on Friday April 10, 2026 @04:15AM
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Funerals are huge in india too. It runs for 13 days in some communities. To be clear, the actual cremation happens immediately, but the funeral ceremonies continue for 13 days after that.
Most of the expenses are days of one-meal-a-day for guests, and the general extra expenses of having a lot of relatives over at your house.
However there is no insurance and so on, since the aforementioned expenses scale with usual QoL.