A crying dirge for a dead person.
The dirge is cried, rising to a high pitch and volume, alternating successively with a lower pitch and volume. It extols the virtues of the person and her or his accomplishments. The person is also implored not to bring sickness to the surviving relatives but to allow them to live long. A dirge is sung only by women, for both adults and children. It is performed especially during the time a dead person is in a death chair immediately following death, but is sometimes also performed when the bones are taken out of a tomb, bū'a.