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THE symbolism associated with allowing balloons to drift into the heavens is no longer allowed, with a ban on the release of helium balloons into the environment now in force.
According to Gippsland Funeral Services director Scott Rossetti, the release of balloons into the sky is often associated with funerals â and particularly the funerals of young people.
Typically, dozens of balloons are sent adrift.
“It’s quite a beautiful moment in the service when balloons are released,” he said.
“It takes away from the grief of the moment as people look to the sky.”
For more read Friday’s Gippsland Times.