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Monday, October 03, 2005
corpse bride...
soon i will be able to catch this movie in japan. well they claimed that they are releasing this movie the same time in japan as all other countries, but we singaporeans in japan know better.
anyway from sanz's blog, found that this story is based on a russian folktale, and you can read about this folktale here. (scroll down past the various links, the story is below).
sure enough, the folktale is somewhat touching and all, but what i found most interesting is the background that brought about the folklore.
The Corpse Bride is a story based on actual events that occurred in 19th century Russia, at a time when anti-semitism was widespread in eastern Europe. Very often bands of anti-semites would waylay a Jewish wedding party on their way to the wedding. And because the bride would be the one to bear future generations, she would be ripped out of the carriage and murdered.
She would then be buried in her wedding gown.
sad isn't it?
posted by winz at 11:15 AM
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