a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual where the body is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures.
A sky burial is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist funeral practice where a deceased person's body is placed on a mountainside to be consumed by carrion birds, typically vultures. This practice is believed to help the soul's journey to the afterlife and is seen as a way to give back to nature by returning the body to the elements.
Mary and Martha prepared the body of Jesus for burial.
A burial ground is a place where deceased individuals are laid to rest in graves or tombs. It is a sacred or consecrated area used for burial rites and ceremonies to honor the deceased.
In a church, a crypt is a room or chamber beneath the main floor of the church that is used for burials or as a burial place for important figures in the church's history. It is a solemn and sacred space for remembering and honoring the deceased.
In Greek mythology, the god of the sky was Zeus.
The name for a chamber for burial of the dead above ground is a mausoleum.
sky burial started in 1786
Travel the Road - 2003 Sky Burial Predators of the Air 2-6 was released on: USA: 4 March 2006
Sky Burial in Tibet is a ritual that has great religious meaning. The corpse is offered to the vultures.. This donation of human flesh to the vultures is considered virtuous because it saves the life of small animals that the vultures might otherwise capture for food.
The few times I've seen a person in burial mode they were facing upwards. Towered the sky
Dana Levin has written: 'Sky burial' -- subject(s): Death, Poetry, American poetry, Mourning customs
Burial
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Burial - Burial album - was created on 2006-05-15.
We prepared the body for burial. They held a burial ceremony for his mother. Everyone was sorrowful at the burial ceremony.
After the Burial was created in 2004.
A burial is an act of burying or interment.
Burial is a noun.