People and Places in Tibet

Tibet was a place where religion and culture are synonymous. I was fascinated to learn about their burial practices where they chose either a sky burial or water burial. There are no graves, cremation is almost non existent and the circle of life continues as their bodies are offered back to nature via the birds or the fish. The harsh reality for Tibetan people is that they are part of a massive country in which their identity is vastly different from that country and they are someone trapped in their physical location which ironically is at the top of the world.Read more