Local fishermen in Vietnam were filmed bringing the carcass of a 15-ton whale to the shore in Binh Thuan Province.<br /><br />A group of fishermen discovered the dead whale floating on the sea and decided to take it to the mainland for burial.<br /><br />Footage shows fishermen tiding ropes around the whale carcass and using a digger to drag the corpse to the shore.<br /><br />Whale-worshipping is an ancient cult in Vietnam. There are numerous temples dedicated to whales across the country and the practice of giving a dead whale an elaborate funeral is often practiced by local fishermen.<br /><br />The deceased whale is buried in a funeral and exhumated three or four years after. The bones are then cleaned and placed in temples.
