“Honour thy father and thy mother, so that you may live long
and it may be well with you”. This is the admonition from the word of God, the
faith of the Christians, and other religions. Though other beliefs might not put it in
this context but they also place high regard to the idea of giving respect and
honour to elderly ones most especially parents.
It has been seen as a prevailing norm in our society
nowadays, every children look forward to throw a big memorial/burial party for
their aged ones. This we can agree is quite good as everyone prays that their
children would be the one to bury them. But looking into the dimension that
many people approach this matter, they most times don’t do this because they
are giving honour to the late, but sees this as a way of showing their fame and
riches to their friends and colleagues, while other see it as a way of making
money because they believe the more crowd that gathers for the ceremony, the
more the monetary return they will make from the guests who will attend the party.
