a Scandal involving the funeral industry, broke out in Smolensk: local Agency engaged in manufacturing of monuments placed in the city lifts a is: discounts on the headstones include the promo code “Crown”. Probably the one who came up with this creative move, was proud of his invention — but public taste considered it a slap in the face. Too dark and nervous jokes. So the Director had to make excuses. “MK” to find out what else the funeral industry in the days of the pandemic striking the Russians.
Try to believe ritualistiku? “Despite the coronavirus, we even did not occur to him that the word “crown” will be associated with him, – says the Director of the Smolensk Agency for tombstones Denis Janowski. We meant absolutely another – to us this year 10 years old, and in honor of the anniversary we gave the Royal a 20% discount. We didn’t want to offend anyone, didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, and did not expect to raise a wave of indignation flare up scandal. We apologize. And if it were possible to rewind time back, we have a is not placed”.
And now here’s the problem — advertising is produced and placed together with other ads, not to tear the same. Besides, the Director, some customers have used the promotion code. If any of them died of coronavirus — not reported. But, anyway, for the masters of ritual and the current spring Golden time. And not only because of the epidemic, but also because of the quarantine.
with the inundated with Orders as had happened never, – says Alexey, master of monuments in a Central Moscow cemetery. – Visits to closed, so I always call and ask to make minor repairs of monuments. The cleaners are also a lot of work — people find their phones, transfer money to look after the graves. I’ll keep the longer the quarantine, the better.
But those who have had misfortune in the past few weeks — twice as bad. First, because of sanitary rules: if a person dies in Moscow from coronavirus infection or pneumonia, a funeral held in a closed coffin. Moreover, the deceased is not even permitted to rites before parting. “The relatives of my dead friend said that they would not accept even a suit to say goodbye, and the coffin to put it in a plastic bag like garbage”, – said the Muscovite Marina on the procedure of farewell to the dead in the morgue of a hospital. Another Muscovite, Nikolai, offered the clothing he brought for his mother’s funeral, just put in the coffin. “But what’s the difference, anyway the coffin was screwed down, but at least did!” – Nikolay complains.
Perhaps in the foreseeable future there will be new sanitary regulations that will limit traditional burial “coffin in the ground”, – told “MK” a source in administrationradio Moscow’s largest cemeteries. According to him, protocols are being developed for new burial rites, which are in demand by part of the population. For example, the so-called promissio is an operation related composting in which human remains for several years to turn into fertile soil. Traditional burial — at least in the capital region may develop over time in a luxury due to lack of proper space in cemeteries.
