Saturday, October 30, 2010

The rich in Singapore get 6-star nirvana treatment for their dearly departed...




Funerals are normally sombre affairs but at the Nirvana Memorial Garden in Singapore mourners could be forgiven for thinking they had strayed into a luxury hotel with a mystical Asian theme.

The self-proclaimed "six star" columbarium, where families can store the ashes of their loved ones for a fee, offers a modern and lavish twist to the ancient tradition of honoring the dead.

At a recent ceremony in a dark, cavernous auditorium, a deep male voice intoned in Mandarin: "I will live on happily in your image and always remember you." More...

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