Ethnic Funeral Customs

Bao’an nationality believes in Islam. For the funeral custom, they strictly abide by the basic principle of “burial in the ground”, “thrifty and simple burial” and “quick burial” provided...

In the ancient times, stone coffins and cave tombs are widely practiced. Although in recent times, wooden coffins, stone outer coffins and earth tombs are popular, cave tombs and...

Singing and Dancing to Mourn the Dead. When a shooting is heard in the village, people know someone has just passed away, and they can tell from the sound...

“Sand of the river buries the lover” “Sand of the river buries the lover” is a traditional entertainment and spouse seeking activity celebrated by youngsters in the Fugong region...

Tibet is vast in territory, and there are diversified ways of burial, such as celestial burial, pagoda burial, cremation, water burial and burial in the ground. In the past,...

Stair Burial- a Burial with no Tombs Every Blang village has a public cemetery called “Shan (hill).” The Blang people regard “Shan” as a place where spirits of the...