A Swedish man has designed a coffin with built-in speakers linked to a music playlist that can be updated by the living.
Music and video equipment store
owner Fredrik Hjelmquist said his hi-fi coffin would entertain the dead
and provide solace for grieving friends and relatives by making it
possible for them to alter the deceased's playlist online.
"We
don't know, right? But then people believe in different ways in
different parts of the world," Hjelmquist told Reuters television when
he was asked whether a belief in life after death was what would lead
someone to buy his coffin.
"In Sweden perhaps we don't believe in it, but in many parts of the world people believe in a different way," he said.
He
planned to be buried in such a coffin, he added, and would choose opera
for his long sleep. He has not sold any of his coffins, but there have
been many enquiries, he added.
The price tag is a hefty 199,000 Swedish crowns.
"We've
had an unbelievable amount of inquiries, not so much in Sweden, but
many from the United States and Canada, also from Taiwan," he said.
"Ozzy
Osbourne should buy one I think or Keith Richards. Somebody ought to do
it because this is really rock n' roll I think...but at the same time
beautiful," he said.