N° 13: Mathilde ter Heijne - Lament, Song for Transitions from open ed file Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 5 sec
✓ Published: 27-Feb-2014

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Berlin, 2014, (excerpt from) 6:37 min, HD video, color, sound, nEd. 40 (+10 artist’s proofs) nnLamenting is an age-old oral tradition that combines singing and weeping. All over the world, women traditionally sang – and still sing – these songs at transitional moments in life such as funerals and weddings, upon the departure of a loved one going off to war, or simply to commiserate about the hardships of life. The lament ritual is used to express sorrow and grief, to heal hurts and traumas