Different countries and cultures have different traditions. They also have different opportunities for employment and what constitues a business. The Chicago Tribune this morning published an article about how "Mourners-for-hire have a bawl so strangers get proper funeral"…apparently in Taiwan its a status symbol costing up to $30,000.
"… a thriving funeral mourning business on Taiwan–professional entertainers paid by grieving families to wail, scream and otherwise create the anguished sorrow befitting a proper funeral. Complex, lavish and drawn-out, the performances are as much a status symbol for the living as a show of respect for the dead…"
