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Anonymous
Anonymous asked in News & EventsOther - News & Events · 2 weeks ago

Why is the colour Black prominent in UK funerals?

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What is a color?

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  • RoVale
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Queen Victoria also popularized wearing white for weddings.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Tradition, mainly from the fashion set by Queen Victoria after the death of her consort, but its origins go back to the days of the Roman Empire. Contrasts with white which is used in Asian countries eg Vietnam.

  • 2 weeks ago

    That is common to all Western countries - black is the color of mourning.  If you go to a funeral, you should wear black.  There is no law of course, it's just custom.

  • Mike W
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    In western culture black is the colour associated with death, and mourning.  

  • 2 weeks ago

    Black has always been traditional at funerals, not just in the UK. People in mourning wear black. It is also a sign of respect to wear black at a solemn occasion. 

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 weeks ago

    In every funeral.  The white man made it a thing.

    They teach that at the funeral it's a sad or bad time so people should wear black cause black represents saddness or badness.  Then they said that the wedding is a time to be joyful and celebrate so people should wear white on account that white is right.

    White folk also invented a game where they put a bunch of balls on the table, they got a white one and the rest are colored.  The white ball knocks the hell outta the colored balls and is the only ball left on the table on the end.  You can't bury the white ball, the white ball is the king of balls, I know you know what I'm talkin bout.

    Then he says we should call the chocolate cake Devils Food Cake but the vanilla one should be called Angel Food Cake, I ain't making this up, I could go on too.  Then they accuse us of teaching hate cause we point this out to the kids, we let the kids know the truth, the white man says none of this is racism but it is racism, who feels it knows it.

    Thank you for your question.

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