• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Archive
  • AmerasianWorld.com
  • Kevin Matsunaga’s Blog

西贡鼠 SAIGONNEZUMI

Perused, Opinionated Expat Living in Saigon

Connect with @saigonnezumi

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • Food & Drink
    • Vegan
    • Vegetarian
    • Halal
  • Tech News
  • Daily Life
    • Laws and Regulations
    • Motorcyclists
    • Shopping
  • Fitness
    • Weightlifting
    • Crossfit
    • Powerlifting
  • Clean Tech
    • Clean Air
    • Clean Water
  • Social Media
    • Saigon Bloggers
    • Saigon Vloggers
    • Video
  • Travel
You are here: Home / Archive / So many funerals this week

So many funerals this week

Thursday, August 14, 2008 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.

Related

Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: saigon, vietnam

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Tuan says

    Friday, August 15, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Haha, I doubt that people decide to die together in that month ;p. Must be a coincident.

  2. Lan says

    Friday, August 15, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    We in Vietnam say that when the weather cools down (rainy season, cool weather around Tet) many old people ‘go’.

  3. SaigonNezumi (Kevin) says

    Friday, August 15, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    @Tuan: I hope so 🙂

    @Lan: Makes sense. Strange though, the cool season to me is still hot 🙂

  4. MM says

    Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    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

  5. SaigonNezumi (Kevin) says

    Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 11:04 am

    I heard about the tragedy. So sad that it never made the news here in Vietnam 🙁

  6. MM says

    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 12:28 am

    I think because of their faith, catholic, the gov. blocks it???

  7. SaigonNezumi (Kevin) says

    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Nope, it was just not in the English news site. My friends said they heard about it in the Vietnamese news sites. Vietnam is open to religion, has been since I arrived here in 2004.

  8. MM says

    Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 9:43 am

    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.

Primary Sidebar

Site Navigation

  • Home
  • Archive
  • Bloggers and Vloggers in Vietnam
  • Halal Restaurants in Saigon

Archives

Recent Posts

  • SaigonNezumi.com in 2022
  • Malaysian Street (An Ninh Street) all shutdown in Saigon
  • US Peace Corps to enter Vietnam by mid-2022
  • How Effective Are Air Purifiers In Your Home? | Talking Point
  • Humans of Saigon

Footer

Site

  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Saigon Bloggers & Vloggers
  • Vietnamese Adoptee Articles
  • Halal Restaurants in Saigon
  • Hawaiian Hapas
  • Alikhan Tura and the Uyghur People
  • Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap

Tag Cloud

1999 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 air astana Airlines Almaty almaty Amerasian Central Asia China Clean Technology district 1 District 1 district 4 Food and Coffee halal Halal Guide india In the News japan Japan Karatau kawasaki z300 Kazakhstan kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan open source pham ngu lao phu nhuan district PM 2.5 saigon Saigon saigon coffee shops Saigon Photos saigon restaurants Shanghai Technology Travels Uncategorized Videos vietnam Weightlifting
February 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728  
« Apr    

© 2023 SaigonNezumi.com.