5 Weird Things People Have Requested For Their Funerals

The New Orleans Jazz Funeral – With A Twist

In New Orleans, jazz funerals are a beloved tradition: a brass band leads the procession, playing mournful hymns on the way to the grave, then breaking into joyful celebration on the way back. One man, a lifelong New Orleans resident, took it a step further. He requested that his funeral include a full second-line parade, complete with a marching band, dancers with umbrellas, and a police escort—and that the procession stop at every bar he’d ever frequented so his friends could toast him at each one. He also requested that anyone who wasn’t drunk by the end of the night be asked to leave. The party reportedly lasted three days.