Mourner

Mourner
For other uses, see Mourner (disambiguation).
Mourning angels at the tomb of Pedro I of Portugal (died 1367), Alcobaça Monastery Mourning figures or "weepers" (French pleurants) have been conventional elements of tomb architecture since the Gothic period.

A mourner is someone who is attending a funeral or who is otherwise recognized as in a period of grief and mourning prescribed either by religious law or by popular custom. [1] Many cultures expect mourners to curtail certain activities, usually those considered frivolous or that are accompanied by expressions of joy.

Historically, some cultures have employed professional mourners to make a public showing of grief to honor the deceased (particularly those in the Near East).[2]

References

  1. ^ Mourner definition at Merriam-Webster
  2. ^ Footnote 1 in Sabar, Y. (1976). "Lel-Huza: Story and History in a Cycle of Lamentations for the Ninth of Ab in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Semitic Studies (21) 138-162.

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