Hello again,
I've found about Brazilian habit of "carpideiras" as below:
Although our native Indians and the African slaves had this practice, we have received the spontaneous weepers from the Portuguese conquerors , either these weepers mourned the dead for free and by vocation, or they received "souvenir" in form of food, money, clothes as a reward from their loud and collaborative moan.
Nowadays, this practice is done by old women connected to the dead's family by bonding of friendship, relationship, or tragic seduction , they entice the family tears with excited words and dramatic gesticulation.
They have special prayers and chants that they perform until the funeral procession begins. These chants are called "Incelências (from Excellences)" that are kind of creeping to hear. The absence of all this ritual and weeping would mean supreme indifference and total abondonment of the decesead.
In Brazil northeast region , in the little town of "Pesqueira", Maria Isabel dos Santos, 73, is the most demanded "carpideira". She does this work she learned from her mother since she was a child. She says (quoting): It is a very beautiful work . I myself get too emotional. Sometimes, all present people are in silence, when I begin to sing, everybody cries.
She replaced the "Incelências" to religious hymns. She says " the Incelências" made everybody sadder. They were very grievous. The hymns comfort those remaining.."
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