HyperDic: sky_burial

English > 1 sense of the expression *sky burial*:
NOUN	event	sky burial	a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures

English > *sky burial*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	A traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures.
Broader	funeral, obsequy	A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated