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Rh mourning song (see Quarterly Statement, 1893, pp. 208, 209). I have often heard the men curse the women for wailing,. Still nobody attempts to put a stop to it. The next of kin, female relations, dishevel their hair, wave their handkerchiefs above the head, and whilst shrieking pull them out straight with their hands.

The following is a song for a man : —

Question 25. ''How soon after death are corpses buried? How long does the famiiy mourn?''

Answer. If possible the corpse is buried before sunset on the day of death, never after sunset, as the Jân are then astir. Should the person die late in the afternoon the burial is postponed to the next day,