Pompa is a notion used in different ways. A bubble can be a bubble that is created when air enters water . The most common, in this sense, are soap bubbles .
For example: “Juancito was playing with the bubbles for several hours,” “I still remember the baby's laughter when he saw the bubbles floating for the first time,” “When I was a child, I had fun creating soap bubbles while I was showering.”
Pomp as sumptuousness or solemnity
Pomp, in another sense, is the solemnity or sumptuousness with which some action or event is carried out. Doing something with pomp implies adding grandeur to it so that it becomes lavish or solemn.
It could be said that a person who died is bid farewell with pomp when funerals involve several days of tribute. These pomp are usually seen before the death of a political leader; In this case, it is customary to display the body so that the population can say goodbye and, in addition, it is common for the coffin to be taken to the cemetery through a civic or military parade.
Other uses of the term
In Mexico , the term buttocks is used colloquially to refer to the buttocks : “I have been exercising my buttocks,” “When he bent down to pick up the papers, his buttocks were visible,” “The father kicked the child in the buttocks because he refused.” to do the homework.” It is worth mentioning that among children or when trying to express the concept with a certain tenderness, the term pompis is used.
As a synonym for grandiloquence or affectation , the concept of pomp can also be taken as something negative . One person can ask another to leave pomp aside in everyday dealings so that the human bond becomes closer, without exaggerated ceremonies or rituals.
Story "The Undertaker"
The Russian writer Alexander Pushkin , considered the founder of modern literature in his country and known for his poetry, his drama and his narrative, was the author of the story "The Coffin Maker" , also known as "The Undertaker" , the which revolves around the influence that the workplace has on workers and their state of mind. Let's look at their characters, with a brief description of each one and the links between them:
- Adrian Prokhorov , a coffin maker who has just moved to Nikitskaia Street with all his family, after having put his old home up for sale, to a yellow house that had sparked his imagination for a long time.
- Goblit Shultz , one of Adrián's new neighbors. He works as a shoemaker.
- Yurko , works as a guard at Goblit's home.
- Luisa, Goblit's wife, with whom they celebrate their silver wedding.
- Daria and Akulina , the daughters of Adrián Prokhorov.
- Pedro Petrovich Kurilkin , a retired sergeant, now deceased, for whom years before Adrián had sold the first coffin he had made.
Adrián Prokhorov , a brooding and gloomy man, is the protagonist of this peculiar story and, as the title indicates, he is an undertaker, an industry that is dedicated to everything related to saying goodbye to the deceased. The only reasons he decides to communicate through words are to try to get the best possible offer for his coffins or to scold his daughters.
After a party from which he returns home in a state of intoxication, an interesting and unexpected twist begins, in which the corpses of all his "clients" appear. As if this profession were not particular enough and did not already raise many myths and questions in reality, Pushkin manages to take advantage of it to invite reflection; The genius lies in the fact that this story is as valid for the field of funerals as for any other, depending on the reading.