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Thread started 04/27/15 6:08am

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China cracks down on funeral strippers

wow! this is a something i'd never heard of before today. stripping at a funeral? i guess it can be considered a kind of tribute.... smile

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/asia/china-funeral-strippers/index.html

(CNN)If you were mourning the loss of a loved one in China, at least the entertainment might have cheered you up. Until now.

In rural China, hiring exotic dancers to perform at wakes is an increasingly common practice, but is now the latest focus of the country's crackdown on vice.

Strippers are invited to perform at funerals, often at great expense, to attract more mourners, China's official Xinhua news agency said.

Another report suggested another motivation: that the performances "add to the fun."

Photos obtained by CNN from an attendee at a village funeral in Cheng'an County in Hebei Province show mourners of all ages, including children, watching the performance.

The attendee, who asked not to be identified, said he was visiting family during the Lunar New Year holiday. While he was there, one of the elderly villagers died so he went to the funeral.

"I felt something wasn't right," he told CNN. "The performance crossed the line. I had heard about hiring strippers to dance at funerals but had never seen it myself. I was shocked when I saw the strippers."

He said the villagers said this kind of performance had been practiced for a while.

"They didn't find it shocking or strange. They were used to it.

"They told me, 'what if we can't watch (this kind of) performance after it gets exposed by the media?'"

Strippers investigated

In some areas of China, the hiring of professional mourners, known as "kusangren" is commonplace. These can include performances, although in recent times the dance acts have increasingly tended towards the erotic.

China's Ministry of Culture issued a statement Thursday announcing a crackdown on these funeral stripteases.

It said that the ministry had investigated two separate incidents, one in Handan City, Hebei Province, and the other in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. Both involved multiple-participant "burlesque" and "striptease" shows as mourners looked on.

"Uncivilized acts"

The Ministry's report said that stripteases undermined "the cultural value of the entertainment business," and asserted that "such acts were uncivilized."

The practice has been going on for some time, the report said. Exotic dancing and other forms of pornography are illegal in China. The dancers in the two cases were held in "administrative detention" following the two investigations, the report added.

The Ministry of Culture did not respond to CNN requests for comment.

Last year, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security ordered police across China to step up efforts to tackle the "three vices" -- prostitution, gambling and drug trafficking -- warning officials they would be held accountable for illegal activities.

In February 2014, a massive crackdown on prostitution in the southern manufacturing city of Dongguan, dubbed "Sin City" for its huge vice industry, raided 2,000 establishments and detained more than 900 people.

(CNN)If you were mourning the loss of a loved one in China, at least the entertainment might have cheered you up. Until now.

In rural China, hiring exotic dancers to perform at wakes is an increasingly common practice, but is now the latest focus of the country's crackdown on vice.

Strippers are invited to perform at funerals, often at great expense, to attract more mourners, China's official Xinhua news agency said.

Another report suggested another motivation: that the performances "add to the fun."

Photos obtained by CNN from an attendee at a village funeral in Cheng'an County in Hebei Province show mourners of all ages, including children, watching the performance.

The attendee, who asked not to be identified, said he was visiting family during the Lunar New Year holiday. While he was there, one of the elderly villagers died so he went to the funeral.

"I felt something wasn't right," he told CNN. "The performance crossed the line. I had heard about hiring strippers to dance at funerals but had never seen it myself. I was shocked when I saw the strippers."

He said the villagers said this kind of performance had been practiced for a while.

"They didn't find it shocking or strange. They were used to it.

"They told me, 'what if we can't watch (this kind of) performance after it gets exposed by the media?'"

Strippers investigated

In some areas of China, the hiring of professional mourners, known as "kusangren" is commonplace. These can include performances, although in recent times the dance acts have increasingly tended towards the erotic.

China's Ministry of Culture issued a statement Thursday announcing a crackdown on these funeral stripteases.

It said that the ministry had investigated two separate incidents, one in Handan City, Hebei Province, and the other in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. Both involved multiple-participant "burlesque" and "striptease" shows as mourners looked on.

"Uncivilized acts"

The Ministry's report said that stripteases undermined "the cultural value of the entertainment business," and asserted that "such acts were uncivilized."

The practice has been going on for some time, the report said. Exotic dancing and other forms of pornography are illegal in China. The dancers in the two cases were held in "administrative detention" following the two investigations, the report added.

The Ministry of Culture did not respond to CNN requests for comment.

Last year, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security ordered police across China to step up efforts to tackle the "three vices" -- prostitution, gambling and drug trafficking -- warning officials they would be held accountable for illegal activities.

In February 2014, a massive crackdown on prostitution in the southern manufacturing city of Dongguan, dubbed "Sin City" for its huge vice industry, raided 2,000 establishments and detained more than 900 people.

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Reply #1 posted 04/27/15 7:30am

morningsong

Wow strippers at grandma's funeral. I don't think I can find a face for that.
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Reply #2 posted 04/27/15 8:04am

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eek

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #3 posted 04/27/15 8:21am

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whofarted

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #4 posted 04/27/15 8:44am

JoeTyler

eek eek eek eek eek eek eek

it's alright folks, the countries surrounding the Atlantic are still the sanest in the world

only in america my ass!

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Reply #5 posted 04/27/15 5:15pm

XxAxX

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r. booty! i. booty! p. smile

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Reply #6 posted 04/27/15 6:19pm

JoeyC

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Trippy, indeed.

Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon.
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Reply #7 posted 04/30/15 12:08pm

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falloff

I wonder if Carmen Electra would strip at Prince's funeral? hmmm

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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Reply #8 posted 04/30/15 2:07pm

Identity

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Reply #9 posted 04/30/15 3:58pm

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Reply #10 posted 04/30/15 5:09pm

JoeTyler

neutral neutral neutral neutral

tinkerbell
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Reply #11 posted 04/30/15 5:54pm

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hmm maybe we should consider this concept a little longer before dismissing it. think of the possibilities...

baptism strippers

first day of school strippers

sunday church strippers

bar/bat mitzvah strippers

wedding strippers

birthday strippers

graduation strippers

homecoming strippers

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Reply #12 posted 04/30/15 7:57pm

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morningsong said:

Wow strippers at grandma's funeral. I don't think I can find a face for that.


lol

[Edited 4/30/15 19:58pm]

Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #13 posted 04/30/15 10:32pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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