A sky burial is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposing to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially birds of prey.
Slide of a sky burial site beyond a wall of prayer flags, Drigung
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LCC Horniman Museum New Storage Accommodation
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/003/010
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August Bank Holiday
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/081
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Black and white medium format negative of very dark image of boy in hammock in hut
object | ARC/GUP/006/265
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Black and white negative of Wai Wai tribe member among trees next to intricate tree trunk
object | ARC/GUP/003/011/001
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