Gen. Ky's funeral in Kuala Lumpur
A little-noted line in a notification from General Nguyen Cao Ky‘s family indicates the family is embracing a hidden part of his past – something that many other Vietnamese families have trouble doing.
According to Vietnamese customs, at least recent customs, when someone passes away, the family posts or sends out notification to friends and neighbors informing them of the passing. Called a “cáo phó,” it is intended to give those friends an opportunity to pay their last respect.
So it was that when the former South Vietnamese strongman died, his family sent out a cáo phó. This cáo phó was amended several times, as funeral plans kept changing.
The final version, sent to Nguoi Viet Daily News to be published (click here), contains something interesting:
The English portion of the cáo phó lists 6 children, but the Vietnamese portion lists 7.
Click on the thumbnail for the full version. You can also see the same cáo phó on Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen‘s web site here.
The extra name, Nguyen Cao Ky Trang, is reportedly that of a daughter the former general had out of wedlock before he became a general.
Stories circulated of how General Ky, once he ruled the country, started taking revenge on those who disclosed the girl’s existence. No, no severed heads of horses in bed or anything, just things like yanking a publisher’s permit and such.
But that was a half-century ago.
Today, it looks like the now-grown woman has finally been taken into the fold of her family in a very public way.
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RIP, Mr Ky! God rest your soul
With the recent spate of reader comments, how ironic Ky looks very good next to this mad-as-a hatter, angry bad-ass. This crazy mofu is a dog that can bark at a tree, high-fiving on his own feces for months and not get tired.
Anywhere, you might find this bully, braggart, a know it all lunatic that will not back down in a crazy-off against anybody. Apparently, stupid and disgusting is the new thought provoking.
Stop thinking up intricate psychological explanations. Let me save you some time. Because this is a crazy person. A person who is not that bright and full of sh*t ideas.
There is a Chinese proverb that says “shallow waters are noisy”. It sounds like an elephant trying to f*ck a truck.
@Unkel Kracher:
Do you mean death of Vietnamese culture in general or just in America ? If you mean the eventual death of Vietnamese culture in America then its possible. In America a lot (most?) Vietnamese girls marry white dudes. And most Vietnamese-Americans don’t care one bit about Vietnam. So as the generations pass, the influence of Vietnamese culture in America **might** fade.
But Vietnam the country will exist for centuries to come so Vietnamese culture in general is not going away.
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