Last time I checked, a funeral was considered to be a sad affair where people were remorseful for the departed soul. However, in a picture that has gone viral, people were all smiles!
According to India Today, a 95-year-old Christian woman from Kerala named Mariyamma passed away recently. Her death brought the entire family together.
As most members of the family lived abroad, Mariyamma’s funeral was an opportunity for them to take a smiling family photo. And so they did, gathering around the casket where the mortal remains of the elderly woman lay.
New style of family photo in Kerala!! pic.twitter.com/q1GkgFmNS2
— Ambika JK (@JKAmbika) August 22, 2022
However, the picture left several people online scratching their heads. They asked, why would anyone be smiling and clicking family pictures around someone who passed away? A few others were more understanding of the situation. Have a look:
Why to waste an opportunity when everybody gathers! 😏
— Ambika JK (@JKAmbika) August 22, 2022
Socially and morally may not be right …
Practically that grany in coffin looks a 100 years… Seen so many kids.. grand kids.. and their kids.Even she would have been happy seeing them smile . Mukthi finally…
— Political_Paracetamol (@nelkol_kolnel) August 22, 2022
An aged grandmother, the family members are happily sending back her to god ..may that the reason .
— Dinesh Nair (@S1Dinesh) August 22, 2022
Why are they all smiling when someone in family is dead?
— The MessiGuy (@heyTheMessiGuy) August 22, 2022
Death is a mourning for family members, however the big picture is that there is a belief that the person has gone to a better place. Hence like life, death is also a celebration.
— abhishek sonthalia (@abhishekson2014) August 23, 2022
When my grandmother died, she was 80+ years old, we were around 150 family people and thousands of friends, well wishers, who attended a funeral, we didn’t stop crying for 3 straight days. Times are changing!
— ~ empty box ~ (@ignorant_me_) August 24, 2022
Do I get a sense of relief evident in the picture?
— DecoyDuck (@decoyduck007) August 22, 2022
Kya Lekar Aye The Aur Kya Lekar Jayenge 🤣
— ହିନ୍ଦୁ ଓ ହିନ୍ଦୁତ୍ବ🇮🇳 / Hindu Aur Hindutwa🇮🇳 (@banty_malla) August 23, 2022
I wonder what they all got on her demise for them to be so happy
— Hari Kumar K (@kharikumaar1) August 23, 2022
That chechi 😅 pic.twitter.com/Nqt4NpNnGm
— Aaron (@j_oothan) August 22, 2022
Isn’t it good to bid goodbye to a departed soul with smiling faces?