I haven't watched this video, but I recall a news story about a tourist who was
stoned to death for coming too close to photograph one of these "burials". It
does seem a little invasive to video someone else's burial, and then put it on
YouTube, even from a distance.
Peter Shute
Scot Mcphee wrote on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 8:47 AM:
> WARNING. DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH.
>
> This is a slide show of a Tibetan "Sky Funeral". There is a horde of
> hungry vultures that make short work of the body.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyUqI0cS8s
>
> Another warning. IT IS VERY GRAPHIC and shows an ancient Tibetan
> funerary practice. DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF THE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC
> HANDLING OF HUMAN REMAINS CONCERNS YOU. Also the music is terrible;
> better to watch it in silence. But fascinating if you can stomach it.
>
>> From wikipedia: "The Tibetan sky-burial practices appear to have
> evolved out of practical considerations: a) most of Tibet is above
> the tree line, and the scarcity of timber makes cremation
> economically unfeasible; b) subsurface interment is equally difficult
> since the active layer is not more than a few centimeters deep, with
> solid rock or permafrost beneath it. The customs are first recorded
> in an indigenous 12th century Buddhist treatise known colloquially as
> the Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol). Tibetan tantricism appears to
> have influenced the procedure."
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