Mourners were filmed playing a ‘final game of bingo’ on their dead relative’s coffin.
Grieving family members stood quietly around the casket while a speaker called out letter-and-number combinations.
Attendees duly marked their cards without laughter or raised voices as flowers, balloons and a black-and-white photograph of the deceased woman stood nearby.
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In the footage, the players could be seen carefully marking off matching numbers while gathered around the coffin.
The unusual farewell happened in Buenaventura on Colombia’s Pacific coast.
Online critics called the attendees disrespectful and accused them of feeling no grief.
Others argued that death is often marked with joyful celebration rather than solemn silence in Afro-Colombian communities of the Pacific region.
Jokes circulated that the deceased was cheating from inside the box, as reported by Need To Know.
The scene has prompted speculation about whether the game was a personal tribute to the relative or simply a way for the family to spend time together during the wake.
No one has identified the dead woman or confirmed whether bingo was her final wish or simply a family custom.
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