The Wailers; ‘an occupation of loss’ that is also a lost occupation (in our western society), as I never heard anyone lamenting in a funerals I attended. If the deceased was young, there were some soft tears somewhere in the back of the funeral home. Tayrn Simons was researching the primal universal sounds of mourning lamenting for seven years. His historical, ethnographical and cultural research resulted in a performance. Where musician and singers from Armenia till Cambodia were wailing, singing and crying in an underground cavern in London. You can read more in:
The Gauardian
NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/04/23/duister-theater-vol-huilende-professionele-rouwers-a1600480