Tag Archives: Funerals

40 Filipino Superstitions that You Need to Know during Funerals and Wakes

Even in this modern day and age, many Filipinos live their daily lives being guided by superstitions. These include constructing staircases whose stairs don’t end in multiples of threes, or saying “tabi tabi po” when passing anthills and balete trees. Of course, Filipinos also have superstitions for funerals and wakes. This superstitious provides mourners with an interesting way of showing …

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Environmental Impact of Burial Funerals

Safe Passage Urns created this infographic to visualize some alarming statistics regarding the environmental impact of burial funerals on our planet. The amount of resources required to create, and transport wood caskets is astronomical. The more awareness on this topic, the more likely we are to start adopting more environmentally sustainable funeral practices, such as green burials and cremation. It …

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