Sky Burial for Pond5
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Sky burial or ritual dissection was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan the practice is known as jhator ,which literally means, "giving alms to the birds."
- Location:
- shanghai, China, Peoples Rep
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tibet traditions dead burial birds contains people 1 person male real time zoom out color natural lighting contemporary day exterior sunny
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- Clip ID#:
- 343850
- Frame Rate:
- 25 FPS
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- Duration:
- 00:00:13,13
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- 13 Mar 2009
