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CHAP. XV.] FUNERAL RITES. 325
the deceased usually carry it for a short distance:
then three or four other friends bear it a little
farther ; and then these are in like manner relieved.
Casual passengers also often take part in this service,
which is esteemed highly meritorious. Behind the
bier walk the female mourners; sometimes a group
of more than a dozen, or twenty; with their hair
dishevelled, though generally concealed by the
head-veil; crying and shrieking, as before described;
and often, the hired mourners accompany them,
celebrating the praises of the deceased. Among
the women, the relations and domestics of the deceased are each distinguished by a strip of linen or
cotton stuff or muslin, generally blue, bound round
the head, and tied in a single knot behind: the
ends hanging down a few inches.* Each of these
also carries a handkerchief, usually dyed blue ; which
she sometimes holds over her shoulders, and at other
times twirls with both hands over her head, or
before her face. The cries of the women, the lively
chanting of the youths, and the deep tones uttered
by the Yemeneeyeh, compose a strange discord.
The wailing of women at funerals was forbidden
by the Prophet; and so, also, was the celebration
of the virtues of the deceased. Mohammad declared, that the virtues thus ascribed to a dead
person would be subjects of reproach to him, if he
did not possess them, in a future state. It is astonishing to see how some of the precepts of the
Prophet are every day violated by all classes of the
* In the funeral scenes represented on the walls of ancient Egyptian
tombs, we often see females with a similar bandage round the head.
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000337 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. XV.] FUNERAL RITES. 325 the deceased usually carry it for a short distance: then three or four other friends bear it a little farther ; and then these are in like manner relieved. Casual passengers also often take part in this service, which is esteemed highly meritorious. Behind the bier walk the female mourners; sometimes a group of more than a dozen, or twenty; with their hair dishevelled, though generally concealed by the head-veil; crying and shrieking, as before described; and often, the hired mourners accompany them, celebrating the praises of the deceased. Among the women, the relations and domestics of the deceased are each distinguished by a strip of linen or cotton stuff or muslin, generally blue, bound round the head, and tied in a single knot behind: the ends hanging down a few inches.* Each of these also carries a handkerchief, usually dyed blue ; which she sometimes holds over her shoulders, and at other times twirls with both hands over her head, or before her face. The cries of the women, the lively chanting of the youths, and the deep tones uttered by the Yemeneeyeh, compose a strange discord. The wailing of women at funerals was forbidden by the Prophet; and so, also, was the celebration of the virtues of the deceased. Mohammad declared, that the virtues thus ascribed to a dead person would be subjects of reproach to him, if he did not possess them, in a future state. It is astonishing to see how some of the precepts of the Prophet are every day violated by all classes of the * In the funeral scenes represented on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs, we often see females with a similar bandage round the head. |
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