Saturday, March 13, 2004

Ehrnrooth finally buried

General Adolf Ehrnrooth, who has died about two weeks ago, has finally been buried.

I know I am being silly and it's just a cultural difference that comes from the fact that Jews used to live in hot places and needed to bury their dead fast and for Finns who lived and still live in a cold place the burial matters were a lot less urgent, but I always have a horror reaction when I hear about Finnish funerals that take place weeks after a person is dead: "Eek! They let the guy lie unburied for two weeks! The heathens!"


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