by: NICK PERRY, The Associated Press
Posted: Apr 17, 2021 / 5:30 AM CDTUpdated: April 17, 2021 / 3:15 p.m. CDT
This photo by Ross Hall shows a candy bar box designed in Auckland, New Zealand on April 30, 2020. Auckland company Dying Art makes one-of-a-kind custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually reside in them, whether it’s a love of fire trucks, a cream donut, or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – At a recent funeral in New Zealand, there was a gasp before a wave of laughter washed through the hundreds of mourners.
The pallbearers brought a coffin in the shape of a huge cream donut. It’s the latest creation from the deceased’s cousin, Ross Hall, who runs a shop that makes custom-made colorful coffins called Dying Art.
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Other Hall creations include a sailboat, a fire engine, a chocolate bar and Lego blocks.
This photo by Ross Hall shows Hall, owner of Dying Art, with a selection of custom caskets in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday April 14, 2021. Hall’s Dying Art company makes one-of-a-kind custom caskets that reflect the people who eventually lie in them they’ll be whether it’s a love for fire trucks, a cream donut, or Lego. (Sophie Clark via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows caskets in the shape of Lego and a spaceship in Auckland, New Zealand on February 25, 2021. Auckland company Dying Art makes one-of-a-kind caskets that reflect the people who will one day be inside them, whether it’s now a love for fire engines is a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a selection of custom caskets in Auckland, New Zealand on May 20, 2020. Auckland-based company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually lie in them, whether it be one Love for fire engines. a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo was provided by Ross Hall. A coffin the design of a Ferrari F1 car in Auckland, New Zealand on December 10, 2018. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually lie within them, whether they are one Love of fire engines, a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo provided by Ross Hall shows a piano keyboard-designed casket in Auckland, New Zealand on May 7, 2019. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually lie inside them. whether it’s a love for fire engines. a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a casket painted in the colors of the New Zealand Warriors rugby league team in Auckland, New Zealand, June 15, 2019. Auckland-based company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually will lie in them. whether it’s a love for fire engines, a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a leopard skin-designed coffin in Auckland, New Zealand on March 17, 2016. Auckland-based company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who will eventually lie within them, whether it’s one Love for fire engines is a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a fire truck design box in Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 5, 2019. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique custom boxes that reflect the people who will eventually lie inside them, whether they are one is about love for fire engines, a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a yacht-shaped box in Auckland, New Zealand on February 15, 2019. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique custom boxes that reflect the people who will eventually lie in them, whether it’s a love to fire engines, a cream donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows flower boxes in Auckland, New Zealand, March 17, 2016. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique boxes that reflect the people who will eventually lie in them, whether it’s a love for fire trucks or one Creme is a donut or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
This photo by Ross Hall shows a cream donut-shaped coffin for Phil McLean’s funeral outside a church in Tauranga, New Zealand on February 17, 2021. Auckland company Dying Art makes unique custom caskets that reflect the people who are after all, that’s where they’ll lie, whether it’s a love for fire trucks, a cream donut, or Lego. (Ross Hall via AP)
There were glittering coffins covered in fake jewels, a coffin inspired by the movie The Matrix, and many coffins representing people’s favorite beaches and vacation spots.
Hall says the tone of funerals has changed significantly in recent years, and people now think it’s a celebration of life rather than mourning for death.
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