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This document discusses boat-coffin burial practices in the Philippines and their relation to similar funeral traditions elsewhere in Southeast Asia. It describes how the dead would be buried in hollowed-out wooden boats. This was a widespread practice throughout history in the region, from the Philippines to Borneo. The author provides examples of boat-coffin burials found through archaeological excavations and early ethnographic accounts. Variations included individual burials as well as mass burials of p
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