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Death education of Civil Affairs Bureau of Taichung City Government

Oh My God!!! We are going to talk about DEATH in Funeral Parlor

Director-general of Civil Affairs Bureau of Taichung City, Shi-Yin Tsai(蔡世寅) said, “Facing death in positive thinking and thinking the meaning of life.’’

There is a special and welcoming activity which will be held in funeral parlor of Taichung at 13:30 to 16:30 on May 4^th, 2016. We will prepare cakes and coffee for 50 people and the funeral parlor volunteers on that day. Without any taboos or traditional constraints, you just need to be open-minded and positive to talk about death at ease. This meaningful death education program will be not only the first time to break with the tradition boundaries but also the best model of society and life education.

Director-general of Civil Affairs Bureau of Taichung City, Mr. Tsai, said “people in Taiwan are avoiding talking issues including death, funeral, and interment, but death is merely a Nature's cycle and inevitable. The more you know about death the more you know how to face it. Taiwanese government holds this activity officially in order to promote the idea of education of life and death.

“In addition to improving the funeral facilities and the service quality, I am always thinking about how to propagate the life education into the society since I took up Director-general’’ said by Mr. Tsai. He heard that there were many Death Café in Taiwan and abroad, and therefore discussed with colleagues about the possibility of organizing a Death Cafa movement. With everyone’s support, this activity will be held in the hall of funeral parlor.

The Director-general of Mortuary Services Office Taichung City, an executor of this activity, Dong-Ren Hsieh(謝東任), said “In addition to encouraging people to participate dedicatedly, we will also divide people into small groups to share their experiences. They will understand the meaning of life and death from listening, sharing, and discussing.”

“This is the first time of holding the Death Café via government in funeral hall. Owing to curiosity, people are enthusiastic about this activity and registration is in demand. For maintaining the quality, the number of registration will be limited to 50 people. We want to create an environment where talking about death is natural and comfortable. By creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere, we hope to achieve the goal of reducing fear and enable people to live more fully through sharing.” Mr. Hsieh said.