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Our Darling loves being part of your special events. Thank you to our long time friend and amazing artist for using Our Darling Liquid Lipstick in shade Buried on your big day. Congratulations 👏

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Hello My Darlings, 
On today’s edition of Mourning Mondays we are going to talk about a very real profession- Professional Mourner.

Professional mourning or paid mourning is an occupation that originates from Egyptian, Chinese, Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures. Professional mourners, also called moirologists and mutes, are compensated to lament or deliver a eulogy and help comfort and entertain the grieving family. Mentioned in the Bible and other religious texts, the occupation is widely invoked and explored in literature, from the Ugaritic epics of early centuries BC to modern poetry.Held in high esteem in some cultures and times, the practice was vilified in others, such as the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Female professional mourners, called Rudaali, were common in many parts of India, especially in the Western Indian state of Rajashan

Having the most elaborate funerary services was not only a duty but an unspoken competition among prominent families in Victorian society. Professional mourners ( or Mute) were hired to trail behind the coffin or hover near and look especially forlorn. Dickens’s fictional Oliver Twist was one such mute, hired to mourn at children’s burial ceremonies.
Professional mourners provided a sense of solemnity to the affair, while also allowing the grieving family to keep up the stiff appearance the tradition required. Despite the great emphasis on grief in Victorian culture, it was still considered unseemly to publicly cry - particularly loudly - at services.

Professional mourning is still practiced in China and other Asian countries. In fact, some cultures even think that the use of professional mourners brings a certain religious and historical application to funeral processions.

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