通俗的な見方をすれば、お墓には十字架をたてるだろう。
フィリピンはカソリックの国だ。
ならば十字架をたてれば良いだろう。
日本人ならそう考える。
現実は、違うのである。
宗教の関係で十字架はたてない。
NIKKAの親族は土葬だった。
名前すらなかった。
そこで、掘り起こして石棺に収めたいとNIKKAはいっていた。
フィリピンでは、死者の内臓が取り除かれ骨だけが石棺を借りて10年間収められる。
墓地も手狭になるとコンテナになる。
NIKKAの親族も、土中から掘り起こしてコンテナの石棺に収められた。
石棺のコンテナに、ネームプレートを付けて親族のお墓になった。
ネグロスの旅の目的が実現できた。
From a popular point of view, you would put a cross on your grave.
The Philippines is a Catholic country.
Then it would be better if you put up a cross.
Japanese think so.
The reality is different.
Crosses are not erected for religious reasons.
Relatives of NIKKA were buried.
It didn't even have a name.
Therefore, NIKKA said that he wanted to dig it up and put it in a sarcophagus.
In the Philippines, the corpse's internal organs are removed and only the bones are placed in a rented sarcophagus for ten years.
When the cemetery becomes too small, it becomes a container.
Relatives of NIKKA were also dug up from the ground and placed in a container sarcophagus.
A nameplate was attached to the sarcophagus container, and it became a relative's grave.
The purpose of my trip to Negros was fulfilled.
The Philippines is a Catholic country.
Then it would be better if you put up a cross.
Japanese think so.
The reality is different.
Crosses are not erected for religious reasons.
Relatives of NIKKA were buried.
It didn't even have a name.
Therefore, NIKKA said that he wanted to dig it up and put it in a sarcophagus.
In the Philippines, the corpse's internal organs are removed and only the bones are placed in a rented sarcophagus for ten years.
When the cemetery becomes too small, it becomes a container.
Relatives of NIKKA were also dug up from the ground and placed in a container sarcophagus.
A nameplate was attached to the sarcophagus container, and it became a relative's grave.
The purpose of my trip to Negros was fulfilled.
撮影:NIKKA PAGTALNAN
