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Noun Concept
Categories: Tibetan culture, Death customs, Tibetan Buddhist practices, Göbekli Tepe, Birds in Buddhism
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sky burial  bird-scattering  bya gtor  celestial burial  Jha-tor
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A traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures WordNet 3.0
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A traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Sky burial is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds. Wikipedia
Tibetan open-air excarnation funerary practice. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Tibetan funeral practice Wikidata
A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals. Wiktionary
Funeral practice. Wiktionary (translation)
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funeral
CULTURE
Tibetan
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sky burial
Wikipedia
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sky burial
Wikidata
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sky burial
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sky burial
Wikipedia Redirections
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celestial burial, Jha-tor, jhator, rogyapas, Tibetan funeral, Tibetan sky burial
Wikidata Alias
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bird-scattering, bya gtor

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