On November 14,a group of Venetians will carry a coffin symbolizing the death of the city down the Grand Canal in a procession of three boats and anyone else who wants to join in.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

This is called a wake. The body is placed in a special burial box called a casket or coffin.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

And if they do not have a traditional coffin to sleep in during the day, they can find other answers, such as using a car.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

One object is a brightly painted coffin that is nearly four thousand years old.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The Aquino family refused a state funeral for Mrs.Aquino, which would have involved bringing her coffin to the presidential palace.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

The leading gondola carried a bright pink coffin symbolizing the death of the city.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Mrs.Aquino's coffin, draped in the Philippine flag and laid over a bed of yellow flowers, was carried in a large truck Monday through a section of Manila's EDSA highway: the site of the "people power" movement she led in 1986 that overthrew the authoritarian Marcos government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03