Tantie Pearlie's Funeral, Revised Edition: Ole Time Caribbean Funeral

ISBN-13: 9781482062298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 140 str.

Eugenia A. Franklin-Springer

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When beautiful Pearlie finally succumbed to the long illness, neighbors, stayed close to the family as funeral traditions kicked in. Wall hangings and curtains were taken down. Windows and doors were thrown open. The house was cleaned and cleared. The ice box for the body was rolled in. A repast of hot chocolate and biscuits was being prepared for the night-long Wake. Outside, under a tent, men would stay up all night building Pearlie's coffin.On the third day the funeral procession with the solemn, grand display of white, grey, mauve, and black will leave the house for the church and then to the cemetery, .

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