| Posted by: adityamahesh | | When Dumbledore's body is brought to the table at the funeral by Hagrid, it is draped in purple velvet. It is worth mentioning that in ancient Rome purple was the royal color; only the first kings, and then later the Caesars were allowed to wear purple. I think it signifies that Dumbledore was afforded a royal burial.
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| Posted by: flying panda | | Are you saying he was some sort of king? or just that he was all those things like head of the wizardgomet etc ... hes the first one to lie in Hogwarts ... i think ... thats got to be important | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: adityamahesh | | No Panda-boy, I am saying that he was afforded royal and exceptional burial, that is all. He was not a king and I doubt he ever wanted to be one.
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| Posted by: Pippin | | Yeah, I noticed that and liked it. They revered him as a king, as their most treasured leader, and used the symbol of purple to show how important he was to them Good on JKR for using purple  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: CelticDragon | | Purple was Dumbledore's favorite color, so it might have been an indirectly royal burial, although I'm sure if anyone in the books knew about it, they would have buried him in purple for that reason. | | Reply To this Message
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