Who Wouldn't Want A 'Striptease Funeral'?

Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China after five people were arrested for organizing the unique and intimate farewells.

Police got involved after two groups of strippers gave, what they called, 'obscene performances' at a farmer's funeral.

But friends and relatives insisted there is a purpose for the disrobing. "Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers. Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honored".

And wealthy families often employed multiple performers to attract a crowd. And it seems to work - over two hundred showed up at the latest funeral.

Local officials have "issued notices concerning funeral management" and have setup a hotline so residents can directly report 'funeral misdeeds'.

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