What are reasons and symbolisms for wearing black (and in some cultures,...

[Enrique BSN RN]

...white) during wakes and burials? Yes I know in the common sense that wearing black means we mourn for their death. Is it like because black is considered the absence of color and so we mourn for their "absence"? And why in some cultures its white (just the exact opposite of black)? Pls help. Thanks.

 

[Johnny B]

it more about being sombre, you wouldn't want someone to turn up at ur funeral in a hawaiin shirt, would you?