No flowers, photography at Mighty Sparrow’s lying in repose

Mem­bers of the pub­lic at­tend­ing the ly­ing in re­pose and cel­e­bra­tion of life for ca­lyp­so leg­end the Mighty Spar­row are be­ing asked to ob­serve strict guide­lines, in­clud­ing a ban on pho­tog­ra­phy, videog­ra­phy and flow­ers at the venue.

The Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment is­sued the guide­lines ahead of the event, urg­ing the pub­lic to help main­tain a dig­ni­fied, peace­ful and re­spect­ful at­mos­phere as the coun­try ho­n­ours one of its na­tion­al icons.

The min­istry out­lined the fol­low­ing do’s and don’ts for at­ten­dees:

DO’S

Dress re­spect­ful­ly and ap­pro­pri­ate­ly for the solemn oc­ca­sion.

Fol­low in­struc­tions from ush­ers, se­cu­ri­ty per­son­nel and event of­fi­cials.

Keep mo­bile phones on silent through­out the ser­vice.

Ar­rive ear­ly to al­low time for se­cu­ri­ty checks and seat­ing.

Re­spect des­ig­nat­ed seat­ing ar­eas and re­strict­ed sec­tions.

Main­tain a re­spect­ful at­mos­phere through­out the pro­ceed­ings.

Co-op­er­ate with se­cu­ri­ty per­son­nel dur­ing en­try and ex­it.

DON’TS

No firearms or weapons are per­mit­ted on the com­pound.

Pho­tog­ra­phy and videog­ra­phy are pro­hib­it­ed.

Flow­ers are not per­mit­ted at the venue.

Do not ob­struct en­trances, ex­its, aisles or emer­gency ac­cess routes.

Do not en­ter re­strict­ed ar­eas or sec­tions re­served for fam­i­ly mem­bers, dig­ni­taries and au­tho­rised per­son­nel.

Do not ap­proach or in­ter­rupt griev­ing fam­i­ly mem­bers for pho­tographs or per­son­al in­ter­ac­tions.

The min­istry thanked the pub­lic for its un­der­stand­ing and co-op­er­a­tion as the coun­try comes to­geth­er to ho­n­our Spar­row’s life and en­dur­ing lega­cy.