to show their grief
They were hired and skilled to travail....to help the mourners vent their sorrow....to make lamentations at funerals...still a custom in some countries
Some don't because flowers are a sign of more happiness than death. You're not trying to cheer up the mourners, just express your condolences.
Mourners wore white, which was considered the colour of death in Ancient Egypt (as it was in Imperial China). The mourners did not wear any jewellery or adornment, just simple white garments. It also seems from wall paintings as if some of the mourners were professionals, or choreographed in some way, as they appear to be following ritual movements, gestures and wailing. On the other hand, most of these paintings show funerals of royal or very important and wealthy people, who could afford a really impressive funeral. It's unlikely ordinary people could afford professional funeral goers. But practically everyone could afford a simple garment of linen or wool.
Some suitable hymns for a funeral include "Amazing Grace," "How Great Thou Art," "The Old Rugged Cross," and "Abide with Me." These hymns offer comfort and solace to mourners and often reflect themes of faith, redemption, and eternal peace.
Sounds fishy to me- there would be more people involved in merely carrying the coffin, unless Cremation Urns were used. There have been some funerals of famous people that were very sparsely attended-by accident or design-I believe there were l4 mourners or less at the funeral of Jacqueline Cochran, the aviatrix- but again, she lived in an out-of-the way suburb- Indio, California.
On some if you put the battery in backwards the clock will run backwards.
There some insects that walk backwards which is part of their unique features. The doodle bug is one of the various types of insects that walk backwards.
Some computer dont bend backwards it depends on what model you have
Most people will dress well, but dress for the weather. The mourners traditionally take part in actually burying the deceased. Sometimes, this is just one ritual clod of dirt shoveled by each mourner, but I have been to funerals where the mourners (all wearing good clothing) actually filled the grave.
Many birds can walk backwards. Parrots, ostriches, doves and pigeons are just some birds which are able to walk backwards.
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Because - although black is a sign of respect and is the 'normal' colour at funerals, some people might want to make the funeral a celebration of the person's life rather than a sombre event.