Vera Lucia da Silva, 44, arranged to carry out her bizarre wish to lie in a coffin all day while family and friends pretended she was dead.And she said it was ‘the best day of her life.
The
extraordinary ceremony, which was held on the Day of the Dead
celebration in South America on Wednesday, November 2, took place at a
funeral home in Camocim, a seaside resort in north east Brazil.
While
her friends and family were against the idea, they dressed in black and
visited throughout the day in a show of support. The owner of the
Eternal Garden Funeral home, Paulo Araujo, donated the coffin and the
space free to Vera, as a gesture of good will.
She said:
‘I wanted to hold my own funeral 14 years ago. I’ve waited a long time and can’t believe that at last this wish has been granted.
‘When I invited my friends and family they thought I was joking and they didn’t take it seriously.’
Mr Araujo said Vera has been trying to persuade him to fulfil her desire for five years but he has always resisted up until now.
He said:
‘Her husband has always been unhappy with the idea and has stopped her from doing it before.
‘But this time she finally managed to persuade the rest of her family to agree to the idea, so we went ahead.
An
excited Vera arrived at the funeral parlour at 7am on the day and
started the preparations for her wake, which lasted from 9am until 6pm.
She admitted she has a fascination for funeral ceremonies and always tries to attend as many as she can in her spare time to help with the arrangements.
She admitted she has a fascination for funeral ceremonies and always tries to attend as many as she can in her spare time to help with the arrangements.
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