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Sky burial

Sky burial or ritual dissection was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey.

In Tibet the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, “giving alms to the birds.”

(fair warning: some icky photos on the wiki page)

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