During the last month I have been away at Australia for a funeral. I went with my mum and we stayed with her family at Sydney. The next day we went to the chapel to see the body, it was kind of scary sitting next to a dead body! Even though it was a sad time everybody just laughed and talked about the good times they had with the person (who just died.)
That night we had a failotu which is like a prayer service, the body wasn’t there because it was getting prepared for the funeral. There were lots of relatives that I didn’t know but the failotu was a good time to get to know my mother’s side. After that we went over to my aunty’s house to get the food ready for the apo ( The night before the burial service and everybody has to stay up all night.)
After we finished packing the food, we went into the church. Because it was a funeral we were supposed to wear black. I sort of panicked because I was wearing purple but luckily my mum bought some black clothes. There were family and friends, and his daughter told us a very touching speech filled with the good and sad times of her dad.
When the funeral was finished everybody was crying especially the wife. There was also a priest who was there and he blessed the coffin. It was sad that my uncle had past away but it was also a happy time because I got to see some of my relatives that I had never seen before!!
That night we had a failotu which is like a prayer service, the body wasn’t there because it was getting prepared for the funeral. There were lots of relatives that I didn’t know but the failotu was a good time to get to know my mother’s side. After that we went over to my aunty’s house to get the food ready for the apo ( The night before the burial service and everybody has to stay up all night.)
After we finished packing the food, we went into the church. Because it was a funeral we were supposed to wear black. I sort of panicked because I was wearing purple but luckily my mum bought some black clothes. There were family and friends, and his daughter told us a very touching speech filled with the good and sad times of her dad.
When the funeral was finished everybody was crying especially the wife. There was also a priest who was there and he blessed the coffin. It was sad that my uncle had past away but it was also a happy time because I got to see some of my relatives that I had never seen before!!
hey Racheal Iam very sorry to what happen to your uncel. I never knew you went to australia for a funnel I though you only went for a holiday. i guest you had a happy and sad time.
ReplyDeleteHi Racheal i have being reading your trip to Australia and i didn't knew when did you go and when i heard everyone said it i feel sad a bit when you left.
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