a dying tune - chinese funeral band

it used to mean an extra status for the deceased - as though it mattered to the unknowing - to have a funeral band as a send-off. a funeral band is a local chinese custom which has no religious significance.

was at geylang lorong 13 when i came across this lorry which had just unloaded its passengers after an assignment. the band members were mostly old men and some middle aged women.

i have a feeling that this kind of accompaniment will disappear from the singapore scene in a generation or two from now.