#queenfuneral
Japan, like UK, is a constitutional monarchy nation.
To me, Queen's funeral was more like mourning from the nostalgia to the monarchy in general, which we are, without knowing, without being aware of but definitively are feeling for sure that is coming to the end.
We are democratic free world people, and yet we have certain intimacy and respect to monarch, be it in a kingdom, in a commonwealth state with nominal governor being sent, in Far Eastern islands where an Emperor reigns.
That attachment is more commonly found in older generations, like myself.
The rich abundant brilliant historical cultural rituals, clothings, musics, buildings, flags, decorations, regalia, all were so eloquent to tell that a state funeral, regardless of how much being loved and supported by people, is a funeral carried by a government, not by people, because the monarch is the one who carries historical cultures, traditions, values, as the symbol of national continuity.
As a tone guy, the dry sound of dry woodwinds and brass instruments were so somber and yet so profoundly deep, resonating with the deep within.
Indeed, the UK is so stylish with their history, culture, formats, that even the sorrow funeral can sometimes be elegantly dotted with bright major-key feel.
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As an old chap, I still remember how I felt when I watched the funeral of Princess Diana on TV at that time.
- They say 500 million people watched that satellite relayed live broadcasting, but what about the rest of the several billions who were unable to see? Were they merely sleeping? Or were they in serious trouble that they had no time to see? War? Poverty?
- She was killed from our gossips, and now what, are we praising her and condemning the paparazzi? What if she safely ran away? Aren't we going to entertain ourselves by sinking into gossips again that would go like "Cinema-like car chasing in the middle of fashionable capital Paris! This time's boyfriend is a wealthy Egyptian guy!"
That's what I thought.
My father was more into how Royal family is starting to change from strict traditional reactions to be more open and outgoing friendly interactions with people.
But then again, although he was right, I thought he was old. Royal family should have been more open and friendly to common people from earlier timing. Quite by the accident, that was when I was in rebel against my parents concerning my first marriage.
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Be it Princess Diana, or an imperial princess who ran away from the family last year to marry with a man she loves, they left because they couldn't stand to be in the cage with the limited human rights for the sake of being a symbol of the nation.
Right to divorce,
Right to fail to be a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
Right to get heart broken.
We all take that for granted, but do they?
What does quest for perfection mean when nobody is perfect and still you have to be a perfect symbol?
The immense feel of this funeral was the nostalgia to the fading monarchy.
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Dry sound from Queen's piper, I could not help feeling, appreciating, even overwhelmed by how thick the culture is.
Indeed, the monarchy was the method to carry on the thick culture and layers of history.
Thickness of time.
Continuity.
To carry on.
And because we silently know, without being aware of it, that the monarchy is fading away, we feel nostalgia, sorrow, to witness the beginning of a sunset, which eventually lead to think about retiring myself from the stage of life, to pass the ticket to later generations, to pass the meme through time and space.
Out from the continuity into new sustainability, the changing of the tide, changing of the era, changing of the concept.
To leap for tomorrow, we looked back just for one day yesterday. Yesterday was such a day.
See you tomorrow.
