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<span style="font-size:21px;"><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">A Tibetan Death Ritual</span></em></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color: #f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The film Sky Burial follows the ritual of "<i>jha-tor</i>", </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color: #f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery - </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color: #f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color: #ebd15b;"><span style="color: #f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">as a final act of kindness to living beings.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">At the Drigung Monastery lamas chant </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">one that replaces the sufferings of this world with peace.</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Special body breakers, or "<i>rogyapas</i>", </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">unwrap the bodies and cut away the flesh. </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The bones are crushed and mixed with tsampa, roasted barley flour. </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#f5d478;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The entire body is consumed by the birds, </span></span></span></p>
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