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10 most unusual rites of death

New Delhi: Have you seen the Harappan female's mummy in Delhi's National Museum, with pots and all? Does it remind you of the Nile valley civilizational rites of the Pharaohs, starting with Tutenkhamen, the thousand

PTI Updated on: December 15, 2013 7:19 IST
8. Sky Burial




Tibet's harsh climate and stony ground makes burial a near-impossible task.

So, Buddhists in Tibet often go for a sky burial where the body is chopped, mixed with flour and left to be eaten up by scavenging bird.

They believe that the body is just a vessel for the soul and should go back to nature.


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