If you drink alcohol, funerals can be a killer
One drinking custom caught me by surprise while at the funeral of one of my spouse’s relatives in Busan, Korea. Liquor flowed freely with drinking rituals going on as per usual – but with exceptions.

The size of the drinking glasses appeared a bit larger than usual which was odd, but this was the biggest surprise. When the person drank, they drank the entire glass in one shot. Not in sips. And, when I refilled it, the entire glass was downed once again. I later discovered this was to quickly get relief from the sorrow of the person who passed.

The rule was that if the bottom of the glass could be seen, then the glass had to be filled to the top. Which meant downing it all again in one gulp. When at a funeral in Korea leave some liquor in your glass.