Why do we always celebrate death???

Death is the end of life, for anything that is on earth. it is sometimes difficult to bear because of the loss and at the same time reminds us of the short existence of life. A man was said to die is gain and what he said may have been well taken out of contest or simply misinterpreted. This leaves me to wonder why people always celebrate death, especially in Africa and Nigeria in particular.
Nothing is ever heard of so and so until their death, when they die, drums are rolled out, parties are organized and we begin to hear their praises being sung of how good, kind, benevolent, godly and all other befitting attributes and virtues. Even their condolence registers or note books are filled with words that can motivate the living , yet all these are done for the dead. No matter what these people may have done or didn’t do upon their death, they become esteemed hero’s or even legends.
I am against doing these things, emphatically NO
Sometimes I wonder if praising the dead is a path way to another world for the dead, or simply put why do we always do the right things, with right motives and reason at the wrong time.
If someone is good and has appraisable qualities and virtues, why not tell them NOW that they are still alive to motivate them. Why wait till they kick the bucket. If someone is doing wrong also why not correct them now in love, why wait till their demise and wished you had told them this or that.
Many people today carry with them burdens of things or words they never did or said to the people they cared about and may never have the opportunity again because death came calling sooner than expected.
Lets change our attitudes and mindset, the dead is dead and gone, nothing we can do to change that, but we also have those that are alive and living, why not celebrate the living.
Don’t reserve those praises for a condolence, tribute or eulogy. Tell them today while you still have the chance and see what difference it will make in their lives. Lets choose to celebrate the living more than we do the dead.