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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 262001, member: 2844"]It certainly looks to have some age. But could the child be barefoot because it is a representation of the dead child? Or would the 'professional mourner' be the same age as the child it is mourning. </p><p>I know there used to be a solemn dance with a song here in the south of The Netherlands (mainly Catholic) performed by girls of the same age as a deceased girl. It must have been based on an old ritual, and the girls had to be the same age.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 262001, member: 2844"]It certainly looks to have some age. But could the child be barefoot because it is a representation of the dead child? Or would the 'professional mourner' be the same age as the child it is mourning. I know there used to be a solemn dance with a song here in the south of The Netherlands (mainly Catholic) performed by girls of the same age as a deceased girl. It must have been based on an old ritual, and the girls had to be the same age.[/QUOTE]
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