Seeing old people come together for a simple workout is usually wholesome and cute. But that’s not how many felt about this bunch of aunties in Yunnan, China.
In a recent video, the group of women were seen line dancing surrounded by gravestones in a cemetery while loud music blasted from a speaker.
We thought aunties would be more superstitious enough to not want to disturb the dead but we guessed wrong.
The cemetery was later found out to be the Zhaxi Red Army Long Martyrs’ Cemetery located at the Weixin County in Yunnan.
Yes, martyrs as in war heroes.
The internet came down hard on the aunties, with many netizens scolding the women for disrespecting war heroes.
“I thought they were in a mall. [Dancing] in the cemetery is crossing the line,” chastised one such netizen.
Another said: “[The government] should take away their retirement funds, then they wouldn’t have the time to be dancing there anymore.”
Okay, serious much?
The Weixin County Tuiyi Serviceman Affairs Bureau has since responded, saying they’re in the midst of investigating the exact time the video was filmed.
The Zhaxi Red Army Long Martyrs’ Cemetery is considered a public mausoleum and this incident is not the first time members of the public have gone there to line dance.
However, most groups of line dancers would be at the cemetery before the staff start work at 7am. They would also stay in the open area, not dance in front of the tombs, and leave once the security guards start their shifts.
The cemetery’s management have since put up signs asking members of the public to not dance there. Repeated offenders would be reported to the police.
In case you don’t know, it’s against the law to dance at a martyrs’ park in China as it is regarded as damaging the reputation and honor of a hero.