Sky Funeral

Sky Funeral
The body is laid out in the open on the rocky terrain and meticulously skinned and dissected. The bones are crushed and mixed with tsampa -- a mixture of Yak butter and flour. Prayers are chanted, by the burial squad, as time for the "feast" nears. Vultures, hawks and ravens sweep down upon bloody remains, and with great zest rip into the human flesh. As the bones are polished by the satisfied birds, the remains are gathered and burnt in a ceremonial fire. With this act another Tibetan sky funeral ends, "uniting the spirit of the dead with the universe."

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Prachtige video. Heb ooit eerder een documentaire hierover gezien uit de Andes, waar dit ook gebeurt. Weet dat ik toen dacht, dat wil ik ook: de perfecte circle of live.

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