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Vultures and humans

To: Peter Shute <>
Subject: Vultures and humans
From: Scot Mcphee <>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:51 +1000
It wasn't until I saw on wikipedia that it said that it was regarded
as offensive to photograph, unfortunately after I sent the email.

I don't think it looks too much like it was photographed at a
distance. Fairly close up if you ask me.

apologies
scot


2009/9/16 Peter Shute <>:
> 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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