Each embalmer works with individual artistry , he said , with many around the world creating their own mixes of chemicals to achieve the best results in local conditions . Hugo Chavez 's dead body is to be put on display in a glass casket . This is in a tradition that includes Lenin , Mao Zedong and North Korea 's Kim Il Sung . Lenin says : ` ` It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` ` It 's the last thing you will ever do for anybody , '' says a UK embalmer of his trade .
Hugo Chavez 's dead body is to be put on display in a glass casket . This is in a tradition that includes Lenin , Mao Zedong and North Korea 's Kim Il Sung . Lenin says : ` ` It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` ` It 's the last thing you will ever do for anybody , '' says a UK embalmer of his trade .