7 Strange Funeral Customs

Image sources:

  • – Hanging Coffins of Bo:
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9RVJkm5tbD8/SwsGeZdowoI/AAAAAAAABIk/W03AvIFKizw/s1600/sag-006-sagada-hanging-coffins2.jpg
  • – Sati:
    http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/08/09/images/2002080900090901.jpg
  • – Sky Burial:
    http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/10d-17/vulture-carass-gnawing.jpg
  • – Ritual Cannibalism:
    http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/korowai_388.jpg
  • – Sokushunbutsu :
    http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t119/ilkeryoldas/mumonk.jpg
  • – Famadihana :
    http://cogitz.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/famadihana-06-tm.jpg
  • – Space Burial :
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/LPnosunm.jpeg

Sources:

  • – Hanging Coffins of Bo:
    http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/55407.htm
  • – Sati:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28practice%29
  • – Sky Burial:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial
  • – Ritual Cannibalism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism
  • – Sokushunbutsu :
    http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/07/self-mummified-monks-of-japan.html
  • – Famadihana :
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famadihana
  • – Space Burial :
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial

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Comments

  • http://linke.rs/ linkers

    This sky funeral looks scary.

  • http://linke.rs/ linkers

    This sky funeral looks scary.

  • http://linke.rs/ linkers

    This sky funeral looks scary.

  • Olivia

    The author should treat these customs wiht more respect. The tone of writing is derogatory and patronising, and I for one, am offended by it.
    The author should be more receptive to new ideas and a lot more tolerant of other cultures.

  • Olivia

    The author should treat these customs wiht more respect. The tone of writing is derogatory and patronising, and I for one, am offended by it.
    The author should be more receptive to new ideas and a lot more tolerant of other cultures.

  • Olivia

    The author should treat these customs wiht more respect. The tone of writing is derogatory and patronising, and I for one, am offended by it.
    The author should be more receptive to new ideas and a lot more tolerant of other cultures.

  • mason

    and i think you need to shut the fuck up

  • http://www.carpentersandjoinery.co.uk/ Carpenters and Joinery

    These are some very strange practises that personally i have never heard of. I guess each culture to there own really!

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