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Jhator - Giving Alms to Birds

Jhator is commonly referred to by Europeans and Westerners as "Sky Burial", but this is a term that has been coined by them because of the nature of the disposal of the body. The body is cut into pieces and fed to the great vultures, who then take to the sky, but this term is not a Tibetan one.

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