A jar in which internment used to take place in the Kelabit Highlands before the advent of Christianity in central Borneo

---

Interment in Chinese jars in the forest or land of the deceased was standard burial practice before the advent of Christian beliefs at the Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak in Borneo.

---

Size: 3400px × 5100px
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ancient, animism, animist, archeology, asia, beliefs, borneo, burial, carving, chinese, cultural, culture, death, dragon, ethnic, forest, group, heritage, highlands, historical, history, interment, internment, jar, kelabit, kelabits, living, malaysia, natives, prehistoric, preservation, relic, relics, remains, ritual, sarawak, secondary, southeast, tradition, traditional, tribe, urn