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Tibetan sky burial (known as a jahtor)     After being sent on their way with ceremony, the remains of the deceased are toted up to a designated location where rogyapas (body-breakers) perform the ritual dissection of the body, which is then laid out for the animals or the elements to dispose of. Tibet is a mountainous land where the soil is too rocky to dig graves and there is a scarcity of fuel for cremation, so sky burial arose as a logical alternative. Medical Curiosities, Mahayana Buddhism, Danse Macabre, Cemetery Art, Momento Mori, Eclectic Art, Tibetan Buddhist, End Of Life, World Cultures
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Tibetan sky burial (known as a jahtor) After being sent on their way with ceremony, the remains of the deceased are toted up to a designated location where rogyapas (body-breakers) perform the ritual dissection of the body, which is then laid out for the animals or the elements to dispose of. Tibet is a mountainous land where the soil is too rocky to dig graves and there is a scarcity of fuel for cremation, so sky burial arose as a logical alternative.
The Agony of Chinese Foot Binding in Pictures Medical Oddities, Human Oddities, Women In History, World History, In China, Mode Bizarre, Non Plus Ultra, Creepy Photos, We Are The World
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The Agony of Chinese Foot Binding in Pictures
Smoked Corpses of the Kuku-Kuku tribe of Papua New Guinea | Creepy Places Where Dead Bodies Just Lay Out in the Open Post Mortem, Bizarre, Images Terrifiantes, The Creeper, Arte Tribal, The Boogeyman, Creepy Pictures, Haunted Places, Spooky Places
6 Creepy Places Where Dead Bodies Just Lie Out in the Open
Smoked Corpses of the Kuku-Kuku tribe of Papua New Guinea | Creepy Places Where Dead Bodies Just Lay Out in the Open
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Why medieval Japanese people dye their teeth black - WTF fun facts
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WTF Fun Facts
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Jizo - guardian deities for the spirits of miscarried children, wearing baby caps and bibs. Daien-ji, Tokyo, by Tohru Nishimura. Cemetery Statues, Cemetery Headstones, Old Cemeteries, Cemetary, Gravestone, Tombstone, Graveyards, La Danse Macabre
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Jizo - guardian deities for the spirits of miscarried children, wearing baby caps and bibs. Daien-ji, Tokyo, by Tohru Nishimura.
Excarnation is the burial practice of removing the organs and flesh of the dead, leaving only the bones. Adopted by some societies, this may be done naturally by allowing animals to eat the body or by butchering the body by hand. After the process is completed, some cultures would take the bones, putting them in a special container in which they would be buried. Disturbing, Body Farm, Little Bastard, Religion, Vulture, Memento Mori, Just In Case, Scary
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Excarnation is the burial practice of removing the organs and flesh of the dead, leaving only the bones. Adopted by some societies, this may be done naturally by allowing animals to eat the body or by butchering the body by hand. After the process is completed, some cultures would take the bones, putting them in a special container in which they would be buried.
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8 Freaky Urban Legends That Turned Out To Be Real - Oddee
Cannibal cult charged with murder in New Guinea -yikes!
Tibetan Sky Burial The dead are left with milk and food to be eaten by vultures and scavengers in hopes that they will take their loves ones away to heaven.
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Tibetan Sky Burial The dead are left with milk and food to be eaten by vultures and scavengers in hopes that they will take their loves ones away to heaven.
On the island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, newborn infants who die are buried in the trunks of giant trees. The people there believe that the child’s soul will rise up into the heavens through the tree Giant Tree, Last Ride
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On the island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, newborn infants who die are buried in the trunks of giant trees. The people there believe that the child’s soul will rise up into the heavens through the tree
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The Weird but True History of Sin Eaters
The Weird but True History of Sin Eaters
It was once popularly believed that if a person died and their eyes remained open, they were looking for someone to take with them to their final destination. This was usually assumed to be someone within the family of the deceased person. To prevent this from happening, the British would close the eyes of the dead person and place two pennies on the eyelids to prevent the eyes from opening again. In Greek mythology, a coin was placed in the deceased’s mouth to pay the ferryman to take their... Old Wives Tale, Wives Tales, Fotografia Post Mortem, Tábula Rasa, Roman, Legends And Myths, Old Wife, Def Not, Weird And Wonderful
10 Old Wives' Tales That Will Freak You Out - Listverse
It was once popularly believed that if a person died and their eyes remained open, they were looking for someone to take with them to their final destination. This was usually assumed to be someone within the family of the deceased person. To prevent this from happening, the British would close the eyes of the dead person and place two pennies on the eyelids to prevent the eyes from opening again. In Greek mythology, a coin was placed in the deceased’s mouth to pay the ferryman to take their...