"Do you whisper to a dead person?"

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When I was a child, the family members are fond of watching scary movies. I'm perfectly satisfied with the idea of having the same reactions of being thrilled and disgusted, seeing dead people from a movie. . I was asking myself, am I still be strong enough to face a real dead person. I mean, a human body laid in a casket. Turning back then, I haven't seen of such funeral homes or a wake in a private house. As I glimpse the first experience at the of 13, a relative of the passed away due to old age. My family and I went to a funeral place, the atmosphere was so melancholic. I was sitting on the bench with the rest of the siblings, since our parents and the rest of the family were so busy catching up with their own stories of life. After few hours, our parents finally decided to go back home. I thought that was it, but then my father told us to take a peek and say good bye to our dead person. I was stunned and say, do we need to? My father said, we should show respect and whisper something to a dead person? As an active child, I said to whisper?and why? My paternal patiently answered, it is a tradition to whisper to a dead person, like a desires of something or even to ask a favor. The dead person will bring all these things human plead for cleansing the bad lucks in life to his or her grave. It is a belief, absorbing the negativity of a dead person and be carried on to his or her grave, as described nine feet underground. Do you have this kind of practices?