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Sky Burial in Dolpo Region

It is because of the main teaching of Buddhism. That is impermanence. Secondly, people of the Dolpo Region people try to do the same thing as Buddha who gave his body to save the starving tigress. It shows compassion. Many people think after we die everything will finish, but in Buddhism, it is believed that even a dead body can be useful to satisfy the hunger of starving wild vulture. 

Have you watched Caravan Movie? You can also see the sky burial practice in this movie too. This movie is also shot in Upper Dolpo Region. Moreover, you can also explore the most famous tourist destination of the Dolpo region (Shey-Phoksundo lake) in that movie. Caravan movie is also a oscar nominated Himalayan Nepali Movie.

The most important sky burial in the Dolpo Region is located in the Upper Dolpo. The sky burial in Upper Dolpo is so famous that the Buddhist people all over the country bring dead bodies for Sky Burial. It is believed that the sky burial is the path to heaven after death. The history of Sky Burial was actually started in the 12th century but it may have unknown for much longer.

The process of the Sky Burial follows such ways. Once the body reaches to the burial spot. The lama has to separate hair from the skull and then, the lama master check, the skull has a hole or not. If the skull has a hole, it means the soul went up to heaven. Then, he has to separate the flesh from the bone and he chops down all the bone into pieces. First, he serves bone and organ to the vulture, and finally, he serves flesh to the vulture.

ky burial is a ritual of great religious significance in Buddhism. People’s bodies are merely vessels, and the spirit of the deceased does not perish through physical death. It is taken by the holy bird, vultures, to heaven, where it is reincarnated into another circle of life, never to die.

Traditionally, the sky burial is held three days after the death of the deceased at the celestial burial platform near a monastery. A Lama will chant around the corpse to redeem the sins of the soul, and a professional sky burial master will deal with the body for vultures to eat. Dolpo Region Buddhist people believe that the cleaner the body was pecked by the vultures, the more sinless the person was. Sky Burial ensures that the souls get to heaven successfully. Moreover, it is also believed that people will be reborn as a human in his/her next life again after the sky burial.

This is the basic information about the sky burial practice in the Upper Dolpo Region by Buddhist people. If you want to explore this rare ritual, then Dare Adventure Nepal will give shape to your core desire to encounter such an unbelievable practice of burial. Dare Adventure Nepal offers the Upper Dolpo Region Trek to teach you the way to live happily in the moment. 

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