Colourful coffins in attempt to brighten death's dullness.(Society)

Manila Bulletin | October 29, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: LENA SCHOLZ

BONN (dpa) -- There's no denying that black is the colour of death.

People wear black at funerals, hearses are nearly always black and most people find themselves in black or at least darkly coloured coffins when it's time to go to their final resting place.

Modern variations in coffins attempt to bring more colour into the mix alongside traditional classic oak and pine caskets in black and grey, but there's a lot of inhibition over entering the afterlife in such a vessel.

That narrow outlook can change when a ...

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