Dance in the sun by laughing at the dark

Above is footage of an Afro-Colombian ceremony that was performed at the loss of an infant. The ceremony and tenor of the ceremony addresses the question, "What is it to grieve?" Whether you believe in a utopian after life for the spirit or you believe that our existence comes to an absolute end at the moment of mortality, we should celebrate when a life ends. In the former we should celebrate the peace and glory the deceased will be welcomed into and in the latter we should celebrate, however brief, the beauty and miracle of simply existing. We forget in the vastness of the physical universe, in its aeons ancient existence and overwhelmingly hostile environs that the possibility of a place that facilitates, nay encourages the growth, survival and maturation sentient life, is beyond probability. So the child, or any life, coming to be, in and of itself, is an extraordinary thing that we should smile laugh, cheer, dance and sing in celebration of. The conditions of life can be hard, dark and unforgiving, but the fact of life in the midst of that dark should always be valued.