I would do anything for my family. Annnnnything. But specially embalm you so that you can stand on your feet at your own wake? Nawl dude. And especially not in my own HOUSE!
But that is exactly what happened in San Juan, Puerto Rico…
And now, I can see folks right here in L.A. trying to do this foolywang. Just lay down!!! Deacons! Sit that man down!
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: “He wanted to be happy, standing.”
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son’s last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
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I can't even bring myself to look at a dead body much less to kiss it or have it on my level. Creepy!!!
Our ancestors were Spaniards and so a funeral at one's home was a normal european tradition. The standing up part is strange but had this been 1845 you wouldn't have even been able to comment, you'd be one of our slaves picking sugar cane LOL!
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