Bali Boys To Have Open Funerals

[icyfroth]

Heard on the news tonight both the Chan and Sukamaran families are holding open funerals for Andrew and Myuran.

Andrew Chan's funeral will be at the Hillsong Church, opposite where I work,  on Friday.

I believe Sukarmarans funeral will be televised.

Wouldn't you think the families would have given their boys a dignified funeral and not made a media circus out of it?

The media will be in a frenzy.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

so what's an open funeral? Anyone can go? 

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@poddster wrote:

They were boys at some time in their life, before they became drug pedelling scum

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we were talking about this the other day - the question came up: "I wonder how man more trips they would have made if they didn't get caught?"

[poddster]

Until they got caught.

[debra9275]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Heard on the news tonight both the Chan and Sukamaran families are holding open funerals for Andrew and Myuran.

Andrew Chan's funeral will be at the Hillsong Church, opposite where I work,  on Friday.

I believe Sukarmarans funeral will be televised.

Wouldn't you think the families would have given their boys a dignified funeral and not made a media circus out of it?

The media will be in a frenzy.

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i haven't read or heard anything about these funerals being televised,  where did you hear  that they would be??

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/funderals-for-bali-nine-ringleaders/6447714

Chan's funeral service will be held at the Hillsong Church in Baulkham Hills this Friday.

Sukumaran will be farewelled this Saturday at the DaySpring Church in Castle Hill.

Both families have invited members of the public to attend the ceremonies.

they don't sound anything like state funerals to me, just open to the public

[azureline**]

Most funerals are open to the public aren't they? unless they are advertised as private.

I have never been invited to one.......

[Anonymous]

the families have the right to whatever

funeral they wish.   

according to a news report - andrew chan

wrote his own eulogy - so maybe there is

a message the family would like the public

to hear ???   for whatever reason - the family

invited the public.   maybe as an appreciation

for their support ???

[Anonymous]

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@azureline** wrote:

Most funerals are open to the public aren't they? unless they are advertised as private.

I have never been invited to one.......

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i think this one is a little different.

families don't usually hire large venues

for a funeral service.  

(i have been invited to funerals)

[debra9275]

I was thinking  that having  an "open"  funeral is probably the families way of thanking those outside the immediate family who offered them suppport throughout the whole ordeal. It makes sense to me.

I expect we'll be seeing some news footage of the funerals in the news broadcasts. as it is sort of news and it's a form of closure, but I haven't seen anything about one of the funerals being televised.

a state funeral is usually attended by politicians or military personnel and is televised and quite different to these funerals I suspect.

[cherry*135]

Most funerals are open. Family, friends, neighbours, workmates, ex neighbours, ex workmates, members of any clubs & organisations the deceased belonged to, old school friends etc...anyone can attend.

Some families chose a private family funeral but that is not the norm.

Where a large amount of people are expected to attend a funeral, a bigger venue than usual is chosen.

Who said one of the funerals is going to be televised? Is that a facebook rumour?

A big funeral can be dignified same as a small one.

[j*oono]

It's no wonder the media are still in a frenzy.  So many people are still baying for blood, and now from the family.