THE late Birchenough Bridge’s diamond dealer, Samuel
Makaripe’s funeral wake degenerated into a public display of obscenity and
thuggery, with scores of mourners falling on each other’s feet to pick the
money that was being thrown into the air by the deceased’s acquaintances.
Makaripe died on Monday last week after a short illness
following a visit to his second wife and there were two funeral wakes for him
at his wives’ houses.
As vulgar songs were belted out, some mourners got down to
sexually suggestive dances in full glare of fellow relatives and friends who
had travelled from different parts of the country to bid farewell to the
popular dealer.
During the trip to and from the Birchenough Bridge Cemetery
on Saturday, foul language reigned supreme. On the way to Makaripe’s final
resting place, mourners forcibly seized the coffin from the hearse and placed
it in a relative’s vehicle.
There were no church representatives and no religious rites
were observed during burial. In fact, not even body viewing or any other
graveside rituals were conducted even though Makaripe was not a Covid-19
victim.
His body was interred minutes after arrival at the cemetery
while mourners continued chanting obscenities and dancing. Mourners with the coffin that they had seized from the
hearse.
All this irked some of Makaripe’s relatives who viewed the
actions as being disrespectful.
Makaripe’s nephew and Mutare businessman, Charles Chave was
not impressed: “As relatives, we were not amused with the other mourners’ rowdy
behaviour during the funeral. We were paying our last respects to our beloved
relative, but some people thought otherwise. Some of the behaviour we witnessed
was unacceptable.”
Ironically, while money was being thrown around by fellow
diamond dealers, mourners at the funeral were starving as the late popular
dealer had fallen on hard times in recent months.
Makaripe’s close friend who spoke on condition of anonymity
said: “This was a lesson to all of us to prepare for any eventuality. It is sad
that some of his friends saw it fit to throw money in the air when Makaripe
died almost a pauper. This is really sad. People need to know that money should
not be abused like that.” Manica Post
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