Funeral Procession in New Orleans

[grnlvr8]

YYEEAA THIS IS HOW WE DO IT HERE IN NAWLINS

[MrCptCluster]

very nice, their putting the "fun" in funeral

[elbarama]

Yeap, that's home. What I miss the most about being home is the FOOD and the music and the culture like no where else in the world. Eat, drink and be happy is the Big Easy and damn I miss it.

[naughtytosweet]

It's better to go to the house of mourning

[loqutor]

I've never been to New Orleans in my life, and I'm not black, but this is exactly what I want my funeral to be like.

[unanimous300]

Good show, amigo. Amiga?

[bargainmom]

Life is One Great Big Party!!!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

Wow...I hope I can go out with style and panache!

[Bookman]

yeah these take place after the funeral. sometimes hours after.. the ones who normally have it while in procession are notables who may have a horse and carriage escorting the body to the grave site

[finnbarrhagan]

voodoo baby...

[sarahHeartbreak]

So awesome!! I love it.

[napast99]

Хочу, чтобы меня хоронили так же :)

I'd like to be burried like it :)

[Alphabex8]

@napast99 i would love to see you keyboard

[kel1023]

if I'm not mistaken..isn't this the funeral second line? The procession is the mournful and slow "just a closer walk with thee". This is seems to be the second line after the casket has been placed in the vault.

[LaHolly]

Yes, the funeral "procession" to the cemetery is very VERY slow & the music is quite mournful. This is the time for open displays of grieving - lots of weeping & sometimes loud wailing.

AFTER the service at the grave-side, the band plays upbeat music & the friends and family of the deceased dance in celebration because their loved one has gone to glory.

[kel1023]

Exactly. The point I was trying to make is that this video is titled wrong as this is not the procession but instead the funeral second line.

[trevjay]

ummmmm no bro the whole point of second line is to rejoice that a loved one has reached the afterlife.

[kel1023]

trevjay? To whom are you speaking?

[mmecharlotte]

That reminds me of the Day of the Dead. A sad event becomes happy as a person is remembered for what they did in life, not that they died. :D

[FerdMorton]

It really is a shame how the brass band tradition in NOLA has deteriorated to funk and noise. The Onward, Tuxedo, Eureka, and Olympia (pre 1980) brass band members must be turning in their graves.

Check out the Eureka and the like here before flamin me on this.

[dingeysexton]

It's cool if you like the pre-80 stuff, but NOLA music has always had a lot of funk and noise in it. That's what makes it so great....that and the ability to continue to ADAPTING, MUTATING, AND DEVELOPING--the only way any art form stays viable. You can pull a Wynton and just keep plowing the same furrow for years, but that just makes for stiff, soulless, academic music.

[FerdMorton]

It is not the evolution of the style or the music I have a problem with - it is the IGNORANCE of the current generation. They have failed to incorporate any of the more difficult multi-thematic music of their forebears (marches, rags, etc) opting ONLY for simple 2 & 3 chord stuff. Unfortunately there was a bubble in the pipeline in the 60s/70s when the Brass Band tradition was thought of as "Uncle Tom" - which if you understood it it, it most definitely was NOT.

[danielsiskandfriends]

Agreed

[shirkenXCCR]

its a celebration of the life of the one that past. to be happy he is in a better place. its not like it was some concert. tone and sound is all opinion anyways. everyone has their own veiw on good tone

[lancelot2021]

got to love the culture there.

[punkrockerdudebro]

before the funeral everyone is sad and the music is sad, but afterwards they celebrate the person's life, and what they accomplished. Pretty interesting idea.

[sireofzelda]

@punkrockerdudebro Better than crying...

[CandyGirlHun]

AND THiS MAKES ME MiSS HOME!

[mrsfreeman92]

that's why I love my city!

[honorourfallen]

We should all be sent up this way

[metro7416]

no.... we shoudln't. maybe you but definately not me.

[Konformation07]

why do you all care we not going know about it

[edotoole]

This is amazing. What a send off! The complete opposite can be found at Little Rosalina Sings With The Angels on this site.