The funeral rites of Tibetan sky burial are pretty metal at first glance.The ancient tradition begins with a monk lighting incense and chanting ritual mant. Skip to content. Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Tibetan monks praying during a burial ceremony at Sacred sky burial grounds in Langmusi, Gansu province, China (Picture: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images) ...

Funeral reforms in Tibetan areas Updated: 2012-12-13 20:02 ( Xinhua) Comments() Print Mail Large Medium Small. XINING - A decline in the number of predatory birds has prompted more Tibetans in ...

The Tibetan regional government has removed nine quarries and stone processing plants from Sera Monastery -- a leading burial site on the northern outskirts of Lhasa, the regional capital -- in ...

It said a notice published Tuesday in the Tibet Daily newspaper warned that anyone going to sky-burial sites or taking photos or movies of the funeral ceremonies […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Sky burial is a Tibetan and Mongolian ceremony, whereby the dead are fed to predatory birds, in place of cremation, so that their souls may ascend to heaven. In total 156 sky burial sites will ...

A spokesman for the Dalai Lama said a representative based in Nepal would likely have attended the funeral. Since he fled Tibet in 1959 and set up a Tibetan government in exile, the Dalai Lama has ...

Sky Burial An Epic Love Story of Tibet Xinran Translated from the Chinese by Julia Lovell and Esther Tyldesley Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 210 pp., $18.95 Chinese writer's journey of love in Tibet ...