Floating tombs in the sea! The yellow capsule you see in the picture has a "dead body" inside!

Floating tombs in the sea!
The yellow capsule you see in the picture has a "dead body" inside!

These floating tombs are found off the coast of the Philippines in the South China Sea. The ship I was on before, used to pass this place about twice a month. So I saw them every time. Although I didn't know what they were? I thought they were fishing nets! Because fishermen usually tie their nets to the fenders like this and leave them in the sea. So when they came in front of me, I would change the direction of the ship a little and pass by.

Suddenly one day I found out the real secret of it! A "corpse-bearing" capsule was floating very close to my ship. At that time, the "Captain" himself was also on the bridge (from where the ship is navigated). The Captain saw this and warned me to avoid them. I said, "Yes sir, these are fishing nets.... They are so small that even RADAR cannot detect them, sir." The Captain looked at me in surprise and said, "Who told you these are fishing nets!? There are dead bodies inside them!!!"
Hearing the Captain's words, my body shuddered! Then the Captain opened up and said that there is a group in the Philippines who float dead people in the sea like this. He smiled and said, "It's very good.... Coming from nature, and getting lost in nature again.
I was listening to all this and thinking about how many times I have crossed this way, how many rafts of bodies I have seen. Many times I have crossed at night! Maybe I did not see them because there were no lights, maybe one of them was shattered by the ship's propeller..... Various thoughts! Even after searching online, I did not find much information about it. Even after that, I used to pray that the ship would pass this place during the day, or that I would not be in this area on duty!!! Because I have been very afraid of these things since I was a child!
Now look at the picture again, most likely the name of the deceased is written there. And each capsule has a "palm leaf" pole. It is hung like a bag at the bottom so that it does not float too far.... We call it a "sea anchor" in ship language. I deliberately took the ship very close to take this picture.

Anyway, this world is strange.....the people of this world are strange. Different nations, different beliefs, different cultures...... but in one place everyone is one!!! That is "birth-death"!