Tombstone maker Socsoc Gamurot engraves and paints names on a marble slab at his makeshift workshop inside the Manila North Cemetery as the annual observance of All Saints’ Day approaches.
he 40-year-old, who resides inside the country’s largest cemetery, shares that each tombstone costs ₱1,200 and that he crafts an average of 10 pieces a day. — John Carlo Magallon