The funeral rites of Tibetan sky burial are pretty metal at first glance. The ancient tradition begins with a monk lighting incense and chanting ritual mantras around the corpse. Then come the ...

In a Tibetan sky burial, “the corpse [is] cut into pieces and left on a mountain altar for the vultures to eat.” It is a “manifestation of the harmony in Tibet between heaven and earth.” In 1994, ...

When the grandfather and grandmother of Zhaxi Toinzhub died, they were treated to a sky burial according to their own will, like most Tibetans would do. "I would certainly choose sky burial after my ...

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A decline in the number of predatory birds has prompted more Tibetans in northwest China's Qinghai Province to turn from sky burial to cremation, once a privilege for high lamas, or spiritual teachers ...

Tibet is a striking place, with its mountainous desert and its passionate Buddhism and, during the last half-century, with its extraordinary suffering at the hands of the Chinese. As invaders, ...

Some tourists don’t like to lie under an umbrella, relaxing to the sound of waves lapping at the shore. Some tourists like to watch corpses being eaten by vultures. Dark, you say? Not inherently. The ...