In far-east mainly in Southern China, Philippines and some parts of Indonesia a small group of people have the strange tradition of burying their dead in coffins which are either hung on the rocky face of mountains or are kept in caves with some portion jutting out. The coffins are generally built by old people themselves sometimes with the help of their relatives. The tradition is reportedly 2000 years but from last century the tradition has been declining and most of the people in the area are now buried in the ground.
Here are few photos of hanging coffins at the rocky mountains of Sagada, Philippines where hundreds of coffins are lined/piled up inside caves or are just hung on the rocky face.
Image from Panoramio is by Pippetta
Image from Panoramio is by imagine.asia
Image from Panoramio is by imagine.asia
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Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI'm the art director at knowledge.ca (the public broadcaster of British Columbia, Canada). We're showing a doc called "Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China" and I'm looking for pics to promote it. I love the photos on your site. Is there anyway to get the rights, and a high-res version?
Hi Angela
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