According to the African tradition, death is something that must be respected; when someone is dead, there are things that you should let happen for the sake of that person’s soul to rest in peace. This is the reason why you find wives wearing black clothes and sitting in the mattress; if you are a wife and your husband passes away, you should spend days sitting in matters mourning his death; if you don’t do it, it’s taboo. But modern people seem to be violating that norm; you will find a widow grooving before the husband gets buried.
Speaking of that, there is a trending video of Babes Wodumo that is causing a stir on social media. Yesterday there was a memorial service for her husband, Mampintsha, who was one of the biggest artists in Mzanzi. His memorial service was filled with hip-hop artists and his supporters, who came to pay condolences to the family. Throughout the memorial service, Mampintsha’s music was played while people sang and danced along with the tune.
The whole mass was left stunned after Babes Wodumo stood up and danced at her husband’s memorial service. We all expected her to be at her lowest, but she caught us all in shock with her dance moves. She was dancing with her son, who was earlier crying so hard, standing next to his father’s photo. After the video of her dancing was shared on social media, many people were stunned. Some say she’s paying respect to her late husband, while others say what she’s doing is a bad omen. One of the Twitter users even said this is out of order, saying she can’t be dancing and dancing at her husband’s funeral.