this is v. interesting for me bc both of my backgrounds - north indian and shia - uphold public mourning and crying as the way to grieve. the mourning of muharram is central to the way we grieve in our faith contexts - always encouraged to shed tears and wail. https://twitter.com/sheikhimaan/status/1319848432920596482

and my father's village has a shaking wailing tradition for funerals that, when my grandfather died, my mother had to prepare me for the public vocal mourning i was going to either be around or maybe encouraged to partake in.

@enna_kodumada ! i saw you liked this - i was wondering if you've experienced anything similar?