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[celestial burial by which bodies all exposed to birds of prey] 某些民族和宗教處理死尸的方法,把尸體放到曠野或固定葬場(chǎng)讓鷹、烏鴉等鳥(niǎo)吃掉

1.celestial burial (by which bodies are exposed to birds of prey)

某些民族或某些宗教徒的葬法：人死后，將尸體運(yùn)到山林或曠野(有的要割碎尸體)，讓鷹鷲等食之，以被食盡為吉祥。