The Box Stops Here : A Coffin or A Casket?

During my uncle’s funeral, I kept referring to the box as a coffin but my cousin kept insisting it was a casket. Is there even a difference?

Yes. A coffin is tapered in shape, wider on one end where the torso and head part is laid. Pope John Paul II and Princess Diana were buried in coffins which are more common in Europe. This is what we usually see in the movies used by Count Dracula. It may or may not have handles and usually, the pallbearers carry it on their shoulders.

A casket is more or less rectangular in shape, equal in width on the torso end as it is on the legs end.

And you are very likely right. Here in the Philippines, we mostly use caskets.

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