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Wind tomb

A wind tomb is an empty tomb that does not contain a person's corpse. As with wind graves, which are "tumuli" or rounded mounds of earth, wind tombs are typically made by families or loved ones to commemorate a person whose body cannot be found, such as those lost at sea or who have died in combat.

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A wind tomb (Hán-Nôm: 墓逾; or seance grave, wind grave; Vietnamese "Mộ gió") is an empty tomb that does not contain a person's corpse. As with wind graves, which are "tumuli" or rounded mounds of earth, wind tombs are typically made by families or loved ones to commemorate a person whose body cannot be found, such as those lost at sea or who have died in combat.1

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  1. Le Hong Khanh. "wind tomb, human and military ceremony that longing margin Paracel Then and Now Magazine, No. 353, page 53". vanhoahoc.edu.vn (Trung tâm Văn hóa học Lý luận và Ứng dụng). Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.