Jar Burials: The Remains of an Ancient Tribe

Hidden in the mountain slopes of Alab Oriente, Bontoc, Philippines is a sacred ground with three burial caves. Came to be known as the Ganga Caves, it became the resting place of more than a hundred people who were laid in fetal positions inside thick and heavy pinewood coffins. One of these caves is the home of what is now called Jar Burials. A burial rite that is only practiced in this part of the country’s Cordillera Administrative Region as per existing archeological and anthropological evidences.

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