Chapter 1693 (1/2)
When everyone had arrived, they arrived at the church near the cemetery through the door keys arranged in advance. After all, they were informed in advance that they needed to be active in Muggle society today, so they were not wearing their usual robes. Dumbledore also turned over his three piece suit when he was young.
While people are eating and drinking in the shop, Hermione is in charge of the front station.
The main reason is to deceive the pastor of the church to believe that the dead man is a devout believer, but he has always been abroad with his family and friends. This time, he returned to his hometown and the embrace of the Lord.
In short, they are all kinds of lies.
In fact, all the witches don't believe in God, and the catchphrase is ”Merlin's beard”. However, since they want to use the churchyard, it is necessary to perform here.
When people come, the ceremony can begin.
The pastor was a little queer about the family members who attended the ceremony because their clothes were almost twenty years old, and many of them didn't seem to understand what ”amen” meant.
When they picked up the Bible, these people would tilt their heads and stare at him. They didn't know how to react. They had to rely on a few children to teach them.
If at any other time, the priest would have turned his back and turned people out, but this time it was different.
The relatives of the dead donated too much money to the church. Even if the person in this coffin is the reincarnation of Satan, it must be buried behind the church!
The priest continued the process with one eye open and one eye closed. He thought he would be the protagonist of the day. As usual, he was the main speaker of funerals.
However, at the end of the day, the relatives put flowers into the coffin and kiss the white face of the dead. After the beautiful pine coffin was covered, the seven black people who had been sitting in the back row suddenly stood up!
The men, with a confident smile on their faces, wore black suits and ties, and black and white shoes. The leader was wearing a top hat, while the other six wore boat hats, even with dark brown glasses in the room.
Then the priest closed his eyes and he didn't close his eyes.
The leading black man seemed to be used to such a scene. He walked to the priest and drew a cross on his chest: ”praise my Lord. Can we take over next?”
The priest put the scriptures on the platform and lowered his voice: ”from Ghana?”
”Well.” The black man smiles and nods.
The priest grinned bitterly. He couldn't help it. The Lord of gold had such a request. All of us are believers of God. What can we do?
”He's yours.”
Before 1957, the Republic of Ghana, then known as the gold coast, was a colony of the British Empire, from which the colonists plundered resources and slaves, sold them around the world, and brought faith and English.
Although Ghana's independence was later forced to be recognized and the Gold Coast slaves in Britain became freemen, their cultural traditions still retained their old habits.
For example, there are various coffins. Ghanaians like to customize their coffins to different appearances, such as looking like a car, looking like a cell phone, looking like a Coca Cola bottle, etc.
As long as the dead like it, their coffins can be any shape.
For example, since ancient times, Ghana has a custom of ”mourning”. They think that death is just a new beginning. The dead are like going out on a journey alone. Then the living must send their loved ones away happily.
Singing, dancing, drinking and eating around the coffin were the common processes of mourning there. They had paid attention to this long before they became colonies on the gold coast. However, they were colonized by Britain, and the funerals were mixed with some god worship rituals.
The priest, as a professional counterpart, certainly knows this, and he could have participated. After all, according to the custom of Ghana, even strangers who want to jump with them are welcome.