Author Topic: Manila's North Cemetery: Town With a (Living) Population of 10,000 (Read 3652 times)

hubag bohol · « **on:** April 28, 2013, 11:12:32 AM »

The Filipino Cemetery Town With a (Living) Population of 10,000
http://www.cracked.com/

Barring the demographics of thrill-seeking stoners, out-of-the-closet necrophiliacs, and ghosts of the damned who read Cracked, none of you have ever looked around a graveyard and wondered aloud, "Gee whiz, I could really see myself putting down roots here."

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:14:20 AM »

Sadly, the 10,000-plus residents of Manila's North Cemetery don't really have any other options.

At least they're not living in a crematorium.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:15:42 AM »

Because of overcrowding in the slums of the Filipino capital, entire families attempt to carve out living space in any crypt or mausoleum that they can jam themselves into. They've turned this cemetery into a village, complete with restaurants and shops. A few well-placed bribes even score residents some electricity.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:17:09 AM »

The cemetery's economy makes use of its environs, with residents paid to maintain tombs and children working as pallbearers for a pittance. But Manila isn't the only city where people live among the dead.

Yep, that's a mausoleum.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:18:31 AM »

And this is when a photographer said, "Here, hold this. It'll look creepy and make an awesome picture."

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:19:17 AM »

And that's a dude setting up his karaoke machine between two caskets.

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:30:19 PM »

And this is when a photographer said, "Here, hold this. It'll look creepy and make an awesome picture."

he's not alone, and certainly not the first.

Hamlet (Laurence Olivier): Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio...

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:51:28 PM »

Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh): Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio...

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:52:05 PM »

Hamlet (Mel Gibson): Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Mad Max...

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jorgeanna · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:52:54 PM »

looy pud kay wala silay choice ...

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:53:36 PM »

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:54:12 PM »

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:55:50 PM »

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islander · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:56:35 PM »

Alas, poor chicken!

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islander · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:56:58 PM »

Alas, me! Only a slice?

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pioneer · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2013, 06:14:34 AM »

And that's a dude setting up his karaoke machine between two caskets.

porbida pud ning kalakiha ni. karaoke sandwiched by two tombs. only in the philippines.

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islander · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2013, 12:17:06 PM »

And that's a dude setting up his karaoke machine between two caskets.

i did it MY WAAAYYY...

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islander · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2013, 12:19:37 PM »

porbida pud ning kalakiha ni. karaoke sandwiched by two tombs. only in the philippines.

it's more fun in the philippines.
tombs become sound booms...

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islander · « **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2013, 12:20:31 PM »

backup singers man tingali ang nanghigda aning tombs.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2013, 04:11:17 PM »

Hmm, iya tingaling dear departed and gilubong diri. Iyang gikantahan sa ilang favorite songs...

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #20 on:** May 01, 2013, 04:12:29 PM »

Very safe playground. Way kuyaw sa ligis...

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