Tuesday, September 28, 2010

"Happy coffins" in Singapore to overcome taboo about death...

A Singapore charity on Tuesday announced the winners of an international art competition to design "happy coffins" to encourage the elderly and dying to celebrate life.

Six winning designs out of 733 entries from 37 countries were made into personalised coffins in cooperation with a local funeral home.

The first prize of 3,000 US dollars went to a 27-year-old Belgian woman, Ines van Gucht, whose design showed a furry black creature whom she described as a friend that would take care of her after her death. More...

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