Sky Burial

This is where the priest/monk chops up the bodies of the dead Tibetans for a sky burial. Using the tools you see in the photo, people are hacked up and fed to the vultures - the large bones are burned first and their ashes mixed in with the rest.

Chengdu, Kang Ding, Tagong

October 9th 2006
Well, Ryan and Nick had actually already just arrived when I finished my last entry, but I didn't hear them come into the hostel. But I found out that Joon had not yet arrived, and we weren't sure when he would. Apparently he was coming from Bangkok and decided not to take that 3am flight that I had taken the day before. Instead, we eventually found out from his girlfriend (since we couldn't get i ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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