I first learned of the Towers of Silence as an undergrad - all those years ago - in one of Barry Michie's anthropology courses at Kansas State University.
Great post. I too listen to 99% invisible. It was a great story. It is amazing we all think our death rituals are normal, and others are weird. I was at an open casket funeral this week of a 40-year-old man this week. What we do is bizarre, and costs so many so much money. So unnecessary. And creepy. And the funeral industry rips us off at this most vulnerable time...
Thx Bob. Going through the process laying dad to rest last summer, it really is a bizarre production, with so much of it geared to support the mortuary industry.
Great post. I too listen to 99% invisible. It was a great story. It is amazing we all think our death rituals are normal, and others are weird. I was at an open casket funeral this week of a 40-year-old man this week. What we do is bizarre, and costs so many so much money. So unnecessary. And creepy. And the funeral industry rips us off at this most vulnerable time...
Thx Bob. Going through the process laying dad to rest last summer, it really is a bizarre production, with so much of it geared to support the mortuary industry.