Tibetan Sky Burial

By Crusader1307

A rather ''grisly'' form of ''final remembrance'' in Tibet, ''Sky Burials'' are around 2,000 years old and still practiced among some traditionalist Mongol Tribes. Their Belief System is rooted in a form of Buddhism, which declares that after death, The Soul must ascend into The Sky (Heaven), to join with other Souls for Eternity. The Tibetan Mongols do not believe in burying a dead body in the ground. This would ''trap the Spirit'' and no doubt ''anger it'' – turning it into a ''Demon'' to persecute those who so ''wronged'' them in death. As is performed, after all other related death ceremonies and rituals are rendered, The Dead are placed on a scaffold for a day. Next, a specially trained Shaman takes down The Corpse and carves it into 12 equal pieces. These ''components'' are place back onto the scaffold and Vultures are allowed to ''feast'' and ''consume'' them. When The Vultures fly away into The Sky, so too does The Soul of The Departed – which can now ''soar into The Afterlife''.