Public urged to use decorated electric fans as funeral wreaths

BANGKOK, July 22 (TNA) – A campaign to encourage people to use electric fans decorated with flowers as funeral wreaths should be stepped up, according to senior government officials.

The Bangkok City Clerk, Khun Ying Nathanon Thavisin told TNA that using electric fans decorated with dried or paper flowers as funeral wreaths could help reduce the city’s volume of garbages, and could save money.

An electric fan can be an expression of love and friendship, it can also show respect at a funeral, she said.

"They can be donated to poor monasteries in the provinces afterwards," she added.

The city clerk said the electrical fans, when arranged with flowers, would be as beautiful as the traditional fresh floral wreaths.

"The price is also lower than the larger-sized floral wreaths," she said.

However, Khun Ying Nathanon said, she was not launching a campaign against the florists.

She merely wanted to give consumers more options, she said.

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An electric fan can be an expression of love and friendship, it can also show respect at a funeral, she said.

I always thought an electric fan was somebody who was crazy about electricity....

An electric fan can be an expression of love and friendship, it can also show respect at a funeral, she said.

Someone seems to have made a bad investment in an electric fan factory!

Lucky bastards! I'd love an electric fan for my funeral.

Lucky bastards! I'd love an electric fan for my funeral.

Yeah, It can get so hot inside them funeral pyres

BANGKOK, Thailand - When it comes to paying last respects, an electric fan is better than a customary flower wreath, an official in Bangkok said Thursday.

Not only are small fans cheaper, but - unlike wreaths - they don't add to the capital's massive garbage output and can be used afterward by poor Buddhist monks, said City Clerk Nathanon Thavisin.

Bangkok's Buddhist temples host hundreds of funerals a day. Mourners often send dozens of floral wreaths to show sympathy.

Nathanon initially made her suggestion on Monday while meeting with senior monks on how to tidy the grounds of crowded, busy temples.

"There's nothing wrong or strange about an electric fan," Nathanon told The Associated Press. "It can replace the wreath beautifully, both in terms of price and usefulness."

Decorating the appliances with small dried or paper flowers could make them prettier, she said.

A small electric fan costs only about $10 - less than half the price of a good wreath, she said, adding that they "are definitely more useful and environmentally friendly."

The city's monasteries could donate the fans to poor countryside temples, Nathanon said.

"Many temples, particularly those in rural areas, need the fans to cool off," she said.

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Fannytastic

So from now on will it be called a faneral ?