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The Kuamoʻo Burials (also known as the Lekeleke Burial Grounds) is an historic Hawaiian burial site for warriors killed during a major battle in 1819. [2] The site is located at Kuamoʻo Bay in the North Kona District , on the island of Hawaiʻi , United States .
This is a list of cemeteries located in Philippines provinces in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions.This list includes classical cemeteries (such as burial caves, burial mounds, limestone tombs, aerial cemeteries, coastal burial lands, and burial trees), colonial cemeteries (such as Spanish-style cemeteries and American-style cemeteries), and modern cemeteries (such as ash cemeteries).
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
Cuenca ancestral house in Bacoor, Cavite, showing its three historical markers. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Calabarzon (Region IV-A) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
Mount Pulag is the home of the tinmongao spirits and the sacred resting ground of the souls of the Ibaloi people and other ethnic peoples in the area. [1] A Kankanaey burial cave in Sagada with coffins stacked-up to form a sky burial within a cave.
With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations. [1] Many of the personnel whose remains are interred or represented were killed in New Guinea , or during the 1941–42 Battle of the Philippines or ...
Burials in the Philippines, divided by cemetery. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. Subcategories.
The first diocesan seminary in the Philippines, established under the decree of Philip V dated April 28, 1702. Plaza Willard, Arzobispo St. Filipino September 23, 2000 Pook na Pinaglibingan kay Madre Francisca del Espiritu Santo: Burial Site of Mother Francisca del Espiritu Santo