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For centuries, widows in the Mediterranean countries, such as thise widow in Greece, were expected ...

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For centuries, widows in the Mediterranean countries, such as thise widow in Greece, were expected to dress in black and to mourn for their husbands the rest of their lives. Widows conformed to this expression of lifetime sorrow not because of law, but because of custom. As industrialization erodes traditional authority, fewer widows follow this practice.
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