Sky Burial
Tibet, is "the roof of the world" and officially the closest country to heaven. Perhaps this is why they deal with death in such an unusual way - sky burial.
We follow the ritual of "jha-tor". Bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings. Lamas chant "to call the consciousness from the body". Soon the body breakers get to work, cutting away at the flesh and crushing its bones. Now the vultures can carry it to heaven "assuring the ascent of the soul".
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