2.6.6.4 Mourn
Use this domain for words related to mourning a death--to feel bad because someone died and to show this feeling in various ways. Include whatever cultural practices are used.
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(1) What words refer to mourning a death?
Example words: grieve, be in mourning, mourn, lament, bemoan, mourning, lamentation, grief, sorrow
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(2) What noises do people make to show they are mourning?
Example words: bewail, crying, groan, moan, sigh, wail, weep
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(3) What special music is played?
Example words: death chant, dirge, funeral march
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(4) What words refer to someone who is mourning?
Example words: mourner
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(5) What special clothes are worn?
Example words: dress in black, funeral clothes, black veil
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(6) What do people do to show they are mourning?
Example words: beat their breast, tear their clothes, shave their head, put ashes on their head