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The following is the way in which they conduct their mournings and
their funerals: On the death in any house of a man of consequence,
forthwith the women of the family beplaster their heads, and sometimes
even their faces, with mud; and then, leaving the body indoors,
sally forth and wander through the city, with their dress fastened by a
band, and their bosoms bare, beating themselves as they walk. All
the female relations join them and do the same. The men too,
similarly begirt, beat their breasts separately. When these
ceremonies are over, the body is carried away to be embalmed.
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