The Hanging Coffin

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Hello Hivers! This is my first time participating in this lovely community so I hope I got this right. ๐Ÿ˜…

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If you happen to go to the north part of Luzon in the Philippines, expect to see The hanging coffins at Sagada, Mountain Province.

The Sagada people have a unique burial rite. Out of hollowed logs, the elderly carve their own coffins. The deceased is placed inside their coffins ( sometimes shattering their bones in the process to fit them in ) and the coffins are taken to a cave for burial.

Rather than being buried, the coffins are hung either inside the caves or on the face of cliffs, alongside the hanging coffins of their ancestors. Such funerals have been practiced by the Sagada people for nearly 2,000 years and some of the coffins are over a century old.

The coffins were hung because it was believed that the higher the dead were placed the more likely their spirits would reach a higher level in the afterlife.

This is my entry for #aroundtheworld hosted by @bucipuci

Many thanks!

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I've been to the north a couple of times already but have not visited this place yet. Maybe I will have time to see it next time I'm there. !PIZZA

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Thanks for dropping by. Yups, there's a lot to see and do in Sagada. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Welcome. I have some friends from there so I will have to ask them to bring me places the next time I visit. ๐Ÿ˜

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This is so interesting! I can't help but thinking of body decomposition, but I am sure they thought of that too...

Really strange and unique!

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