HOW DO I KNOW WHETHER THIS IS RIGHT FOR ME?
You like a laugh. You’re modern. You’re daring. You’ve already imagined your funeral - and it was a party!
A large amount of very different people come together for funerals. It’s not always easy to start meaningful conversations. Clowns help us to come to terms with the loss together and find things in common.
Grief can arouse a countless number of emotions. Sometimes words aren’t enough to express them all. Clowns can help you express what’s in your heart and head, even if you only manage to hint at it.
Even when grieving, you can experience good moments - moments when you laugh or when your soul feels warm. When that happens, don’t reject it. Accept it. Remember that life will be good again.
Self-expression eases stress and anxiety. It even releases chemicals which help protect against depression. The body relaxes, which even leads to lower blood pressure.
Who leaves a party without saying goodbye to the host? Life’s a party and your family and friends are the hosts - so it’s really sad that over half of all funerals take place without a reception. Funerals without receptions just prolong the suffering of those left behind.
You like a laugh. You’re modern. You’re daring. You’ve already imagined your funeral - and it was a party!
You’re right! And maybe that’s why you’ve got to do it. So much has changed since the nineteenth century, and yet death has become more and more taboo.
This will help them process their loss. What’s more, crematoria and traditional funerals have a dismal atmosphere which frightens and derails children.
Try and imagine your own rites and imagine the songs you’d like to hear. Are you smiling?
They took part in funerals and walked behind the coffins. The clowns were dressed as the deceased, even wearing a mask of their face, and copied their movements and behaviour.
Source: Chambers, Ephraim, 1680 (ca.)-1740 "Cyclopædia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences" (1728)
THEY WERE AT JULIUS CAESAR AND VESPASIAN’S FUNERALS
They were generally considered part of high society’s customs, and weren’t to be missed at funerals.
Source: Sumi, Geoffrey S. “Impersonating the Dead: Mimes at Roman Funerals.” The American Journal of Philology, vol. 123, no. 4, 2002, pp. 559–585. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1561967.
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