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TitleIn the Dong culture, parents traditionally, at the time of birth of a child, plant a grove of pines, known as "18 year" trees, which will provide wood for the home of the child and his marriage partner. Death, too, is anticipated. A young girl here shares a laugh with her mother beside her coffin tree, chosen for her at birth. If she follows tradition, she will have the tree cut down and carved to order when she reaches old age. In a sign of the times, one carpentry shop now sells ready-made coffinsTypeStill ImageMonographAuthorized Access PointJohnson, Lynn, 1953- In the Dong culture, parents traditionally, at the time of birth of a child, plant a grove of pines, known as "18 year" trees, which will provide wood for the home of the child and his marriage partner. Death, too, is anticipated. A young girl here shares a laugh with her mother beside her coffin tree, chosen for her at birth. If she follows tradition, she will have the tree cut down and carved to order when she reaches old age. In a sign of the times, one carpentry shop now sells ready-made coffins