The word of the week of February 13th is...

[bananarasberry]

Dakhma:
noun
a 30 foot high stone pillar upon which the Parisees of India leave their dead for the vultures, also known as "tower of silence"

I particularly like this method of disposing of corpses, as it's the only one that I know of that uses burial by air. Earth and fire are common means for re-combining the remains of one's beloved departed

Comments

[gruyere]

But how, exactly, do the bodies get onto the pillars?

[bananarasberry]

I have absolutely no idea.