Quite odd, there are 4 funerals around my alleyway just in the last week. Quite odd, is this normal for August? I was in the US parts of last August so it is hard for me to tell.
I do notice that there are many funerals right before Tet as well.
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By kevmille
Quite odd, there are 4 funerals around my alleyway just in the last week. Quite odd, is this normal for August? I was in the US parts of last August so it is hard for me to tell.
I do notice that there are many funerals right before Tet as well.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
Haha, I doubt that people decide to die together in that month ;p. Must be a coincident.
We in Vietnam say that when the weather cools down (rainy season, cool weather around Tet) many old people ‘go’.
Last week there were 14 Vietnamese funerals, 5-6 funerals at the same time in some parishes!
Please pray for the victims and their families
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5935543.html
look on left for more stories on this tragedy
I think because of their faith, catholic, the gov. blocks it???
hmm not from what I heard but then again I dont live there =p
I would say its not totally free, I’ve read up north in Hanoi there were protests over confiscated church property currently.