That also may be the case. The way they carry dead body on a charpai with decorated posts (in rural Sindh), cover of Ajrak (which is alsro colorful) and rose petals all indicate this. Even the green chadar carrying Quranic verses and put on dead body from home to graveyard is also artistic.
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Jin ka koi apna jawani mein faut hota hai, us takleef ko wohi samjhte hain
Its so sad tragedy !
N zahir hai sbhi cultures mein maut tou maut hi hoti hai !