Sky Burial, the one-man electronics project of Michael Page (not the Tennessee band of the same name), is preparing to release a new LP in There I Saw The Grey Wolf Gaping. Encompassing elements of ...

Tibet Autonomous Region will make a law to better protect sky burials, a traditional ritual that has drawn controversy after guides began leading tour groups to view the ceremony. A "sky burial" place ...

In these perilous times, it’s nice to have a sense of humor. At the start of the Park Fire, as we waited for possible evacuation orders, our phone rang and a salesperson asked if we would like to be ...

In this episode of Generation Anthropocene, student reporter Reade Levinson travels to Mongolia in hopes of witnessing a practice known as sky burial, in which the bodies of the dead are prepared for ...

The funeral rites of Tibetan sky burial are pretty metal at first glance. The ancient tradition begins with a monk lighting incense and chanting ritual mantras around the corpse. Then come the ...

In many cultures, death rituals are often even more significant and elaborate than those performed after birth. The sanctity of burial or cremation is binding for many communities in Nepal as well. So ...

Sky Burial follows the ritual of "jha-tor", the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery - where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living ...