Celebrating life at Serbia's undertakers' ball

Festival's organiser, Radisa Mihajlovic cut the gigantic coffin-shaped cake with a wooden stake during the undertaker's ball.

Guests walk by hearses as they arrive to take part in the undertaker's ball in the eastern Serbian town of Pozarevac.

Models dressed as widows pose for photographers next to a gigantic coffin-shaped cake during the undertaker's ball.

The festival's organiser, Radisa Mihajlovic, made his name in the profession by driving the hearse that transported the former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic's remains from Belgrade to the family plot where he was buried in 2006.

A model dressed as a widow poses during the undertaker's ball.

Guests take pictures with mobile phones at the gigantic coffin-shaped cake during the undertaker's ball.

Festival's organiser, Radisa Mihajlovic gives money to musicians during the undertaker's ball.

A model dressed as a widow poses during the undertaker's ball set in a cavernous restaurant hall in eastern Serbia

A waiter brings a gigantic coffin-shaped cake during the undertaker's ball in the eastern Serbian town of Pozarevac.

A musician sits next to a gigantic coffin-shaped cakee. The party is a chance for hundreds funeral workers from the region to celebrate life and do a bit of business on the side.