{"id":479218,"date":"2025-10-07T00:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/479218\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T00:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:21:14","slug":"merseyside-park-to-host-bizarre-day-of-the-dead-event-where-people-build-pyramid-from-human-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/479218\/","title":{"rendered":"Merseyside park to host bizarre ‘Day of the Dead’ event where people build pyramid from human ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The surreal memorial ritual is coming to the Wirral next month\"JimmyJimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond of the KLF present one of the many bricks forming The People’s Pyramid(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

A pyramid built from human ashes will rise again in Birkenhead<\/a> Park next month – and everyone\u2019s invited to take part. The event, called “The Birkenhead Day of the Dead: Calling the Ancestors,” will see people come together on Sunday, November 23 to add new bricks to “The People\u2019s Pyramid,” a growing monument created by former members of The KLF<\/a>, Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond.<\/p>\n

Each brick contains the ashes of a loved one – known as the “Ancestors” – and is laid into the structure during a ceremony<\/a> described as “equal parts absurd spectacle and powerful community ritual.”<\/p>\n

The unique project began in Toxteth<\/a> in 2018 and has grown each year, with 92 bricks already added. This year\u2019s ceremony moves to Birkenhead Park for the first time, where a stage show and specially commissioned film and soundtrack by TowerBlock1 (Jimmy Cauty) will accompany the bricklaying.<\/p>\n

When the building stops, the celebration continues with the Afterlife Party at Future Yard<\/a> on Argyle Street (10pm\u20131am), featuring DJs curated by Sports Banger, an all-inclusive, internationally recognised DIY fashion house, record label and socially conscious satirists of British pop culture, class and politics.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a strict hi-viz dress code, keeping with the theme of the organisers\u2019 construction company, K2 Plant Hire Ltd.<\/p>\n

A celebration of life and death<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Pyramid is the creation of Cauty and Drummond, better known for their work as The KLF – one of the most provocative and influential bands of the early 1990s, famous for burning \u00a31 million in cash as an art statement.<\/p>\n

Instead of a comeback tour, the pair reformed in 2017 with a three-day Liverpool event called “Welcome to the Dark Ages,” which led to the creation of The People\u2019s Pyramid.<\/p>\n

Each year, people who have chosen to be “MuMufied” – meaning their ashes are sealed in a brick to be added to the pyramid – are honoured in the ceremony. Friends and family carry the bricks in a procession before they are added to the growing structure.<\/p>\n

\"WhenWhen 34,592 bricks have been laid and The People\u2019s Pyramid stands 23 feet high, it will be complete(Image: K2 Plant Hire Ltd.)How to take part<\/p>\n

There are two ticket options. Pyramid Builder Tickets give access to the full day, including the Skool of the Spektacle at Liverpool\u2019s Adelphi Hotel (12\u20133pm), a ferry crossing of the Mersey with the “Brick Kin” at 4:30pm, and entry to the ceremony (6.30pm) and afterparty.<\/p>\n

Pyramid Witness Tickets offer access to the main event at Birkenhead Park and the afterparty at Future Yard.<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale via futureyard.org<\/a> from 2:30pm on Thursday, October 23.<\/p>\n

The organisers say the event is “for the people, by the people, of the people” – and that everyone is welcome to witness the next step in a monument that could take generations to complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The surreal memorial ritual is coming to the Wirral next monthJimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond of the KLF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[2644,159059,748,393,920,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-479218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-birkenhead","9":"tag-birkenhead-park","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-events","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115330029363521853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}