The world is full of unimaginable customs. In this article, you will learn about the most bizarre cultural practices of a tribe in the Philippines.
A burial tradition followed by the Igorot tribe in the Philippines, where for centuries people have been hoisting the bodies of their ancestors up a rock face. The history of the ritual of hanging a coffin is said to be 2000 years old.
Meanwhile, the Philippines isn’t the only place. In remote areas of China and Indonesia, tribes have also been documented to have practiced this practice.
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In China, you can still see coffins hanging on the mountains near the Yangtze River. Although their number has decreased, many coffins are still preserved. Its origin is believed to be from Fujian Province, which was adopted by the “Bo community” of the Ming Dynasty.
People from the “Bo community” believed that this ritual gave their ancestors an easy passage to heaven. Some historians think they don’t want to be away from their loved ones, while some say they were kept at a height considering the height closest to heaven.
After studying a 7-foot coffin, it was discovered that a special wood named Nanmu was used to make the coffin. The specialty of this wood was that it prevented the decay of the body. Some important items were also kept with the corpses to protect them from decomposition. Either they were suspended using beams or they were kept in small caves. Apart from this, people also used to nail coffins using cracks made in the rocks.
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