In this emotional episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack talk about funerals and the loss of a loved one. Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack Hey, A is the English podcast listeners. It's Jack here and we just want to announce that we are now on WeChat. Our WeChat ID is A-Z English podcast that is A-Z English podcast, one word all lowercase. 00:00:17 Jack And if you. 00:00:18 Jack Join the group. You will be able to talk with me. You'll be able to. 00:00:22 Jack Talk with social. 00:00:23 Jack And we can answer your questions. We can read your comments on the podcast. So we'd love for you to join us and be active in our we chat group. Our WeChat ID is A-Z English podcast. Thanks. See you on the app. 00:00:48 Jack Welcome to the Ages English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And I'm going to let social introduce today's topic. So social, what would you like to talk about today? 00:01:02 Xochitl Jack, I kind of want to talk about funeral traditions in different cultures. So I was going. 00:01:08 Xochitl To talk about, you know. 00:01:10 Xochitl Mexican traditions because I just went through that with my grandfather passing, I guess he passed. 00:01:17 Xochitl Let's like a week ago now, maybe or a little less than a week ago, so. 00:01:24 Xochitl Yeah, I don't know. And I've been, uh, I guess I can just get into it. 00:01:30 Xochitl Sure. 00:01:34 Xochitl I don't know how to kick this off actually. 00:01:36 Jack Ohh no, that's alright. Maybe start with the just just the process is in. In American culture there's a I guess there's kind of two, two aspects to it, right. There's the funeral and the. 00:01:52 Jack Wake. 00:01:54 Xochitl Hmm. 00:01:55 Jack And the wake is more like a. 00:01:59 Jack A gathering where people get together and there's maybe some. Sometimes there's food, I think is if I'm not mistaken, yeah. 00:02:07 Xochitl Yeah, that's true. 00:02:09 Jack Yeah. So and I think the interesting thing about that in American culture and maybe this is true in, in every culture. 00:02:18 Jack It seems odd to be eating at that time. You know what, I. 00:02:22 Xochitl But yeah. 00:02:22 Jack Mean like no one? 00:02:23 Jack Has an appetite that people are grieving, they're upset. But I feel like maybe the food preparation is a distraction. 00:02:36 Jack It's it's, it's focusing on our executive function of our brain, the the part that is just very analytical and just doing things. And I think that is a distraction from the pain and the grief would. 00:02:52 Jack You agree with that? 00:02:54 Xochitl I think so I I think. 00:02:59 Xochitl That also it's because a lot of people who aren't, like, super close family come and so they're like, you know, they're they're kind of there to help in certain in a certain way or just to, you know, for emotional support. But they're they're probably going to be hungry because I don't think they're mourning. 00:03:21 Xochitl And really like the same way you know on, I mean they're they're sad, I'm sure, but it's like a little different. So I think it's like it's kind of a way for the family to say thank you in Mexican tradition that happened. 00:03:22 Jack Right, right. 00:03:34 Jack Yeah. 00:03:37 Xochitl That happens too, but it's like a two day. 00:03:40 Xochitl Affair where you have to be like awake all night. 00:03:45 Xochitl You're like, up for 48 hours straight basically because you can't leave the body alone. 00:03:49 Jack Oh, OK, OK. Because that's different than American culture, where the the body is. 00:03:58 Jack Is is in the caskets. 00:04:02 Jack But you don't have to stay up all night with with the body. 00:04:08 Jack Hmm. 00:04:09 Xochitl Yeah, this the body was in the casket. But we do have to stay with the body because. 00:04:15 발표자 It's. 00:04:16 Xochitl It's like I don't know. I guess it's to prevent bad spirits, like in old, in old mythology or whatever, to prevent bad spirits from like latching on to the soul of the body. So you