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Manila

Chinese cemetery
Photo by nozomiiqel under CC
You might be wondering how a suburban street like this can qualify as an attraction, and what does it have to do with a cemetery. Well, it is a cemetery and all those fine little houses are not for living, quiet the opposite. It's tombs for some of the deceased wealthy Philippino-Chineses and they come in all sizes from mailbox size to whole houses with toilets and air-con. It's best visited on Sundays when families come by to honor their ancestors and it gets really lively on All Saints day on the 1st of November.
Chinese cemetery
Photo by nozomiiqel under CC
 

Hanging coffinsmarker

Sagada, Luzon

Hanging coffins
Photo by Jeff Werner under CC
Up in the mountains in northern Luzon lies the village Sagada surrounded by pristine hills and pine forest. It's a refreshingly cool little place famous for its caves and hanging coffins. The deceased was put in a hollowed trunk and then placed high on a projection on the cliff or piled on top of other coffins. This ancient funeral custom is now longer practised, but it's still possible to visit the burial site where coffins in all ages and states of decay hang. You can even peek at the bones trough the cracks, but no touching (some people do).
Hanging coffins
Photo by Jeff Werner under CC
 
 
 
 
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