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So many funerals this week
Submitted by SaigonNezumi (Kevin) on Thursday, August 14, 2008 – 8:19 pm8 Comments |
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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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.
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LikeNope, 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.
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LikeI think because of their faith, catholic, the gov. blocks it???
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LikeI heard about the tragedy. So sad that it never made the news here in Vietnam :-(
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LikeLast 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....
look on left for more stories on this tragedy
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Like@Tuan: I hope so :-)
@Lan: Makes sense. Strange though, the cool season to me is still hot :-)
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LikeWe in Vietnam say that when the weather cools down (rainy season, cool weather around Tet) many old people 'go'.
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LikeHaha, I doubt that people decide to die together in that month ;p. Must be a coincident.
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