Draped in traditional Taiwanese funeral hood, a professional mourner of the "Filial Daughters' Band" wails into a microphone as she holds the daughter of a recently deceased relative at a funeral, Oct. 7, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. Members of the "Filial Daughters' Band" are third generation professional performers paid to publicly mourn at funerals and to perform acrobat and dance routines to help guide the souls of the dead in their travels in the afterlife. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)