Keening was a nearly lyrical type of wailing performed in honor of the dead. It has been described as a deeply personal cathartic expression in which the wailing would move to others in the space, until all present would wail to a point of frenzy. The practice was outlawed by the Catholic Church in the mid-1800s. Some say the Pagan nature of keening triggered the Church's distaste.
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