have you experienced attending wake for the dead? what did you observed?

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here in the Philippines, usually when we lost a loved one, we usually have a 3 days- 1 week wake for them, on those days usually families of the dead offer a prayer for their loved one, also during those days friends and relatives are going there to mourn with the family and gives sympathy! last week i attended the wake for a friend's father...there's a lot of people there and they are doing different things...some are offering a prayer, some are gambling outside, some are playing board games and have some fun maybe to kill the boredom and fight sleepiness, coffees and biscuits are flooding... now, i come to think of it, if this way of attending a wake is okay while we all know that the family of the dead is mourning? is this also how wakes in your place are going? or have you noticed these kinds of activities during wakes? can you please share if you have experienced attending wakes and burials and how was it? thanks and have a nice day!