Plate 11. Coffins, today usually made in China where labour is cheaper, stacked upright in a shop in Hollywood Road. Disposal of the dead is not considered a salubrious occupation. Some believe: 'If a person finds the "smell" of coffins more attractive than the smell of cooked rice the gods may come after him'. (Photograph courtesy of Kit Hayward)
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Plate 11. Coffins, today usually made in China where labour is cheaper, stacked upright in a shop in Hollywood Road. Disposal of the dead is not considered a salubrious occupation. Some believe: 'If a person finds the "smell” of coffins more attractive than the smell of cooked rice the gods may come after him'. (Photograph courtesy of Kit Hayward)
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