Celebrating life at Serbia's undertakers' ball

The annual ball is meant to put life into the dying business

Published: November 07, 2019 09:30 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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

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

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

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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. Image Credit: AFP

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A model dressed as a widow poses during the undertaker's ball. Image Credit: AFP

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

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

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

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

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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. Image Credit: AFP

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