via i1.trekearth.com
“This is another photo taken at the sky burial site in Langmusi. These corpses were not dismembered, however, and instead were cremated though not fully for some reason.
Sky burial is a Tibetan practice for disposal of the dead which, in fact, doesn’t involve burial at all. Instead, a lama from a local monastery, should there be one around, will chop the dead person’s body into pieces, and also crush the bones, mix all of this with tsampa (roasted barley flour) and feed it to vultures that have been summoned by the burning of juniper incense. The Tibetan’s regard vultures as incarnations of the flesh-eating deity Dakinis, and sky burial is a means of sending the deceased person to the heavens above.
There are some people who find seeing human bones and skulls morbid and distasteful. Try as I might, I cannot understand such a position. Frankly, I just don’t see why it should be considered repulsive or frightening to see that of which we are all made. Whenever I see a skeleton, my tendency is to be fascinated, and think, “Wow, how strange it is to know that I’ve got that same stuff inside me!”“
Same here! I’ve always loved getting right into the innards of things and seeing how they work, flesh and bone things included. My family usually gets squicked out whenever mum and I watch surgery/anatomy-themed shows or documentaries, but mum and I just love it.