Inscrutably Lewd

Exotic dancing is just one part of the show that the Chongqing Star River Band puts on at funerals
(Tang Ming For The Globe and Mail)

 

Inscrutably Lewd

Oh, those contemptibly rude
peasants, suddenly with wealth
to spare travelling abroad and so
deeply embarrassing mother China
with their uncosmopolitan
wretched behaviour. And on the
home front little better. Whatever
happened to ancestor worship,
silent contemplation, and grimly
going about one's business? What
has happened to meek obedience
to genteel harmony? Funerals
once accompanied with the sombre
dirges of professional mourning
troupes grieving for the dearly
departed once surrendered to
traditional opera to ease the 
heartache of loss. But now, NOW
movie screenings to entertain the
devastated, and strippers to
enliven the mood of the bereaved:
"Such illegal operations have
disrupted local entertainment
markets and corrupted social mores"
sniffed the Ministry of Culture.