And now he's disappearing into the dark wings of the stage, taking with him his grave-digger wit and his gnashing bass and the gorgeous, ruinous momentum of his music.
According to ethnographic data, popular death reporters refers to people who had inside knowledge of "anjinhos", including the grave-digger, gatekeeper, midwife, popular healers etc. all key participants in mortuary rituals.
When a death occurred in the community, voorlesers were given full charge of funerary tasks, serving as an undertaker, grave-digger, or sexton, and attending the burial of the dead.