El muerto parado, or "a standing funeral", was a form of death ritual on Earth. Following death, an individual's family would have the individual embalmed and posed in a position that best evoked their life in preparation for the funeral.
Hugh Culber regarded el muerto parado as an uncommon tradition, though one practiced by his family.
In 3190, Culber discussed his tío Cesar's el muerto parado with Cleveland Booker in relation to managing grief. Culber's family had Cesar posed at a poker table because of his reputation as an infamous card shark. While placing a playing card in Cesar's hand, Culber and his cousins broke off Cesar's thumb and index finger, which Culber reattached, but left he and his cousins laughing the whole funeral long. (DIS: "All Is Possible")
El muerto parado means "the dead man standing" in the Spanish language.