In China, professional mourners spice up funerals

AFP English 2011-06-17

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Hu Xinglian kneels before the corpse of Liang Zhicai, and with one hand on his metal coffin, lets out a piercing wail. But Hu is not at all grief-stricken -- she is a professional mourner.Duration:00:55
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