CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 165768

> Celia wrote:
> <snip>didn't Harry attend Aragog's funeral? What was that, if not a 
> funeral? Why does Harry dismiss it? A little human-centric bias there 
> I think! <snip>
> 
> Dondee responds:
> Aragog had a burial not a funeral. A funeral is the ceremony held 
> before the burial. Also, it is only ever refered to as a burial in 
the 
> book.

Actually, Aragog had both. Hagrid and Slughorn did their best to send 
him off with all the proper ceremony. Slughorn even went to the trouble 
of choosing an appropriate tie. And what about all that ritual drinking 
and singing? 
a_svirn