Deseret Evening News | 1905-01-10 | Page 7 | A Burmese Funeral Car

A BURMESE FUNERAL CAR CARTho Thu Tho elaborate vehicle shown In the tha cut Is a In reality a IJ hearse When a n Burmese Buddhist priest dies tha the body bOlly Is he kept for a n 1 year elU or eo so In III a monastery It U Is la then cremated or kept In III a 1 specially chilly built shrine mach linen l ch ceremony Is II proceeded by some nomo days of or festivity during curing which the body Is placed upon q j 11 N 1 t tF tf F f 1 tho rho gorgeous car cr shown In hr the picture and drawn through tho the principal streets of or the tho ho town lown The Tha car consists of or tiers of or pictures Illustrating events described In writings writing Some Scone ot or these cars are resplendent with toll mu rote rora and ind polished poll plates of ot metal When ono one Is designed for Cor a n or priest of oC high degree much money mOlley Is le frequently lavished upon tto ornamentation lion tion