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sky burial

A traditional Tibetan funeral practice in which the body of a dead person is exposed to the open air to be eaten by vultures.

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sky burial - a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures

funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

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sky burial (redirected from sky burials)

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