The Burial Caves of Sagada

The Sagada (Mountain Province, Philippines) caves could get you mystifying just like the Pyramids of Egypt. The cliffs of Sagada welcomes you with dozens of coffins hanging in the cliff made of limestones.


The unique burial ritual of the people of Sagada involves placing their dead relatives into caves after carefully preparing a hollowed out log. The log or coffin are carved by the elderly themselves in anticipation of their death. The weak or ill ones usually ask their sons or relatives to do it for them.

The dead body is then pushed into the tight spaces of the coffin, and during this process, bones are usually cracked and broken. The coffins are then brought high in the burial caves or cliffs – places seemingly impossible to reach. This practice has been done for more than 2,000 years.



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