Comments on: Thanatourism: Sky burials in Tibet http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/ Travel to areas affected by natural disasters, places where people were murdered, etc. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: w.y http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-143 w.y Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:14:12 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-143 ahh..much thanks : ) ahh..much thanks : )

]]> By: James Trotta http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-133 James Trotta Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:32:30 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-133 <a href="http://www.dispatchesfromthevanishingworld.com/pastdispatches/tibet/printerlhasa.html" target="_blank">Here we go</a>: <blockquote>When the Forbidden Country was fi­nally opened to tourism, in 1983, cam­era-clicking foreigners naturally flocked to the sky-burial sites. For several sea­sons they were tolerated, but one day a party of particularly pushy voyeurs was stoned by some grieving relatives, and ever since then the sites have been off-limits, The burials still go on, how­ever, half a dozen a day in Greater Lhasa, my Tibetan guide was telling me as we looked up at the most popular site, behind the gilded pagodas of the Sera Monastery.</blockquote> Here we go:

When the Forbidden Country was fi­nally opened to tourism, in 1983, cam­era-clicking foreigners naturally flocked to the sky-burial sites. For several sea­sons they were tolerated, but one day a party of particularly pushy voyeurs was stoned by some grieving relatives, and ever since then the sites have been off-limits, The burials still go on, how­ever, half a dozen a day in Greater Lhasa, my Tibetan guide was telling me as we looked up at the most popular site, behind the gilded pagodas of the Sera Monastery.

]]> By: James Trotta http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-131 James Trotta Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:04:37 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-131 I've emailed the author so we'll see if she can help. I’ve emailed the author so we’ll see if she can help.

]]> By: wy http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-113 wy Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:39:15 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/thanatourism-skyburials-in-tibet/#comment-113 Hi, I couldn't find any verification for the claims on tourists being stoned. Would appreciate it if you could provide a link/reference to your sources so that I can verify it for an article I am on : ) And is the thanatourism scene strong in Tibet? I'm politically hesistant about heading over despite the railway being open but would like some more information on specifically how much of an attraction the sky burials are. You cna contact me directly at my email provided. thanks! Hi, I couldn’t find any verification for the claims on tourists being stoned. Would appreciate it if you could provide a link/reference to your sources so that I can verify it for an article I am on : )

And is the thanatourism scene strong in Tibet? I’m politically hesistant about heading over despite the railway being open but would like some more information on specifically how much of an attraction the sky burials are. You cna contact me directly at my email provided. thanks!

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