HyperDic: sky_burial

English > 1 sense of the expression sky burial:
NOUNeventsky buriala 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
MeaningA traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures.
Broaderfuneral, obsequyA ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

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