Chorus of keening women
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The practice of 鈥榢eening鈥� is a specific mourning ritual performed by women in Ireland lamenting the dead. When Bartley鈥檚 body is returned to Maurya, the keening women accompany it. The ensemble also includes some solo lines, one indicated as the character of 鈥楢 Woman鈥�, who
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