Former Chiayi County Council Speaker Tung Hsiang recently passed away, and his funeral procession included fifty pole dancers standing on multicolored Jeeps. The former speaker’s son detailed a dream he had in which his father insisted that his memorial be hilarious. The funeral procession included the dancers, traditional totems, drummers, luxury cars, and flag bearers, all of which represented the politician’s love of crowded places. The practice of hiring pole dancers for memorials became popular in Taiwan in the 1980s, when the females were hired to cry at the processions.
See Steve George & Jane Zhang, 50 Pole Dancers Escort Taiwan Politician’s Funeral Procession, CNN, January 6, 2017.
