RIVANSHI RAKHRAI
Zoroastrians cleanse and expose bodies in a Tower of Silence for vultures to devour.
Elaborate Balinese funerals involve placing bodies in sarcophagi resembling animals and setting them on fire for moksha.
Modern practice involving launching cremated remains into outer space, symbolizing eternal rest among the stars.
Corpse dissection left for vultures, aligning with Buddhist beliefs of reincarnation.
Tribes consume flesh to honor and absorb wisdom from the dead, like the Aghoris of India.
Aboriginals pass down qualities by smearing decomposed body liquid on men and painting bones with red ochre.
Some Filipino tribes practice unique cremation rituals like burying in kitchens or sitting the dead upright with a lit cigarette.