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Belly Dancing For The Dead: A Day With China's Top Mourner

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Dingding Mao is a professional mourner, who is paid for her talents at singing the funeral dirge. This is a tradition that began in the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago. (Courtesy of Wu Peng)
Dingding Mao is a professional mourner, who is paid for her talents at singing the funeral dirge. This is a tradition that began in the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago. (Courtesy of Wu Peng)

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