The corpse was then placed in the hole by the eldest son or nearest kin, facing the direction in which the sunset. This is because the Rukai believed that death was like the setting of the sun. The body was buried as deeply as possible below the stone floor of the house so that no odors would pass into the house to disturb the living.
再由長子或最親近之人將屍體放入墓穴，面朝日落處，因為魯凱族人相信，人的死亡有如太陽西下。