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Mourning practices vary widely across cultures and time periods. Early poets believed that souls, after death, went to a dark realm, which likely influenced Saint-Foix’s assertion that black was the color of mourning. In China and Siam, white is chosen, as it is believed the dead become benevolent spirits. In Turkey, mourning attire is blue … Read more