Cherry Leen O.

Ybañez

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Filipino culture

Lumiang Burial Cave/Clift in Sagada

Sagada's mysterious Hanging Coffins at Echo Valley attest to the 2,000-year-old Igorot burial traditions
that have fascinated the world. T he hanging coffins of Sagada are picture-perfect sight more impressive
than any horror fiction. Within the dark corners of the Lumiang Burial Cave lay a stack of coffins which
enclose some of the oldest Igorot ancestors. A number of coffins, however, are placed in the highest
corners of the cave walls.These coffins are suspended from the limestone cliffs via ropes and strong
wires. Local tourist guides assure visitors that the position of the coffins signify how loved ones cared for
the deceased. In other words, the higher the coffin, the more valued the deceased was.