Sky burial - OMG

[NS Herald]

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned already and apols if it has.

No it's not a new Sky series - twas on Human Planet last night and the 'method' of burial for Buddists who live high up in the Himalayas.

Now if you've not eaten lunch yet probably best to look away - NOW...

Actually no pictures but basically the deceased is taken further up the mountain and the 'undertaker' starts to disect the body into small pieces and feed it to the local eagle and other large bird population. He needs a large whiskey before each burial and I'm not surprised.

Think I'll stick with a cremation or 6 foot under burial thank you very much.

 

[Mendoza]

That this week, and the women that breast feed monkeys last week has disturbed me somewhat. but it is a brilliant series.

I just though they would take the body up and the eagles would eat the corpse, then when the axe came out, it almost made me gag

 

[Everest]

Just watched that on BBCi

Even though the people are Buddhists, it has to be a non-Buddhist to perform the ceremony.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Bit like the Zoroastrian burial too where bodies were literally left for the Vultures.

 

[Trufflehound]

Buzzards gotta eat...

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[Peever]

QUality video

 

[magoo]

What occurred to me watching the sky burial is surely someone needs to take over the job at some time, so how does he get himself an apprentice?

 

[Questions]

That this week, and the women that breast feed monkeys last week has disturbed me somewhat. but it is a brilliant series.

I just though they would take the body up and the eagles would eat the corpse, then when the axe came out, it almost made me gag

Breastfeeding monkeys ? Dont tell DannySeagull about that.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I don't know why they bothered cutting the body up for the birds. Just chuck it off a cliff, I'm sure the animals will find it and eat it eventually