interesting ritual

[BarraCudaTM]

found this thread on the heaven burial ritual performed in tibet

you may have to read the chinese wordings to understand what they are doing

pls .. this is not for the faint hearted

click here <_<

[Achilles Tang]

OMG!!!!!

My chinese is very koyak... can someone translate for me?? But the photos speak a thousand words though... but still i want the details!

[Phang]

YUCKS!!!!!...

one word of advice.....

Please don't see this just after your lunch.....

Oh dear.... I feel sick already.....

[X_Japan]

apparently their culture is not to bury a person

but to cut up his body and make it piece by piece

like

legs is another thing

hands are another thing

which is why u see the the innards are sorted differently

after which when they feed it to the vultures, and they fly back up to the sky and soar,

they hope the spirit will be lifted high up in the sky and find it's way to heaven.

it seems cruel and desecrating, but this is their culture dating hundreds of years ago

[Hon]

gosh ... i skipping my dinner tonite

[Phang]

apparently their culture is not to bury a person

but to cut up his body and make it piece by piece

like

legs is another thing

hands are another thing

which is why u see the the innards are sorted differently

after which when they feed it to the vultures, and they fly back up to the sky and soar,

they hope the spirit will be lifted high up in the sky and find it's way to heaven.

it seems cruel and desecrating, but this is their culture dating hundreds of years ago

Hey Thanks for the explaination.....

Should have brush up on my Mandarin when I had the chance.....

[BarraCudaTM]

just to addon

their bones are stripped clean and smashed to ashes for keeping