the hanging coffins of sagada
Hanging Coffins of Sagada
One of the strangest sights you may have come across are the coffins of Sagada. While we bury our dead, they let their ancestors hang from off a cliff. It is a jarring appearance.
Societies in China, Indonesia and the Philippines had been hanging their ancestors prominently on cliff faces for centuries. It was tradition for them. only the highly respected would end up here though. It was a belief at the time the younger generation would benefit from the proper burial of the elders.