wailers
Those who keen
Wailers is the plural of wailer—one who wails.
A wailer cries out in grief or lamentation: The wailers at the funeral could be heard from the street.
In some cultures, professional mourners are hired to wail at funerals.
The term also applies to anyone making a prolonged, mournful sound: The baby was a wailer who kept the whole floor awake.
- JamaicaCaribbean island nation
- RastafariJamaican movement honoring Ethiopian divinity
- skaJamaican fusion genre
- rocksteadyBass-heavy Jamaican sixties sound
Peter Tosh · roots reggae · dub · Exodus · Kaya · backing band · harmony vocals · rhythm section
Vocal mourning for dead
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- funeralService honoring the dead
- bereavementState following loss
dirge · weeping · sorrow · anguish · wake · shiva · pallbearers · eulogy
Bob Marley
- JamaicaCaribbean island nation
- RastafariJamaican movement honoring Ethiopian divinity
- skaJamaican fusion genre
Peter Tosh · rocksteady · roots reggae · dub · Exodus · Kaya · backing band · harmony vocals · rhythm section · one drop
keening
Vocal mourning for dead
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- funeralService honoring the dead
bereavement · dirge · weeping · sorrow · anguish · wake · shiva · pallbearers · eulogy · cemetery
- noisemakersnoisemaker, air horn, bell, buzzer, kazoo
wailerswhisperers
People speaking inaudibly soft
laughers · gigglers · chucklers · celebrants