sky burials are a vajrayana buddhist funeral rite practiced in tibet qinghai mongolia and lnner mongolia after death the copse it left untouched for three days while tibetan monks chant around it On the fourth day the copse is cleaned wrapped in white cloth and placed in a fetal position on a pallet . lamas or priests lead a funeral a funeral procession before dawn to the charnel ground where the body is ritualstcally broken into pieces and offered to the vultures who circle overhead it is believed the the vulures are dakinis the tibetan equivalent of angels who will take the soul to heaven to be reincarnated. Tibetans are encouraged to witness this ritual so they can conferont death openly and understand the impedance of life.
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