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These women were mostly hired to mourn the death of kings and noblemen who were killed in battle, which would have been common at the time. However, these women also wept for ‘lesser’ families as well. Grieving was public and a very extended time for…

The Aztec culture embraced public grief. Certain women were employed to cry and grieve with the families who had lost a loved one. It allows both the family, and the community, to grieve and move on. This “ritual weeping” was described by Dominican…