what was the last film you watched

[ditchman 2,831]

48 minutes ago, mel b said:

That sounds absolutely horrific,  but we're very sheltered from death in this country .  To those people,  it's just the way it is I suppose. 

sounds like alfresco norfolk fine dining to me

[mel b 2,299]

35 minutes ago, dodger said:

True that about us being sheltered from death

Isn't there tribes in Indonesia that mummifie there dead n keep them in there home n keep feeding n cleaning n cuddling them n then once buried dig them up once a year for ceremonies or something 

I seem to remember one culture that smokes the dead to cure them , and keeps them on show . Again , that would seem insane to most of us , but cultures can be vastly different,  and full respect to them if it brings them comfort .

[mel b 2,299]

30 minutes ago, ditchman said:

sounds like alfresco norfolk fine dining to me

You good ol Norfolk boys have a culture all of your own .

[mackem 26,269]

4 minutes ago, mel b said:

I seem to remember one culture that smokes the dead to cure them , and keeps them on show . 

Igorot do it,northern Philippines on Luzon,if ever you visit the weed capital sagada there’s also the hanging coffins,they don’t bury them,they hang the coffins in full view from cliff faces.

[mel b 2,299]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

Igorot do it,northern Philippines on Luzon,if ever you visit the weed capital sagada there’s also the hanging coffins,they don’t bury them,they hang the coffins in full view from cliff faces.

God that sounds macabre .

[waltjnr 6,706]

Sky burials are quite gruesome, but I suppose it returns the body to nature ,think THL's Kate adie ,might have witnessed one ? 

[mel b 2,299]

19 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

Sky burials are quite gruesome, but I suppose it returns the body to nature ,think THL's Kate adie ,might have witnessed one ? 

It's weird,  but I quite like the idea of a sky burial .

[waltjnr 6,706]

1 minute ago, mel b said:

It's weird,  but I quite like the idea of a sky burial .

Same ,weird but feels natural 

[mackem 26,269]

1 hour ago, mel b said:

It's weird,  but I quite like the idea of a sky burial .

I saw one 30+ years ago in Tibet,visited a sky burial site in Bhutan 6 years ago but didn’t even find bones,the vultures had cleaned up.Also saw the parsee towers of silence in Karachi which are in trouble now due to pesticides causing a decline in vulture numbers.If your ever in Paris visit the catacombes and walk underground among six million skeletons.

the dough was about to be cooked,contains some ash from a cremated monk and a little ash from a burnt photo of him,river burial.

[dodger 2,754]

5 minutes ago, mackem said:

I saw one 30+ years ago in Tibet,visited a sky burial site in Bhutan 6 years ago but didn’t even find bones,the vultures had cleaned up.Also saw the parsee towers of silence in Karachi which are in trouble now due to pesticides causing a decline in vulture numbers.If your ever in Paris visit the catacombes and walk underground among six million skeletons.

the dough was about to be cooked,contains some ash from a cremated monk and a little ash from a burnt photo of him,river burial.

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Bhutan isn't easy to access mack? Plus expensive?

[waltjnr 6,706]

1 hour ago, waltjnr said:

Sky burials are quite gruesome, but I suppose it returns the body to nature ,think THL's Kate adie ,might have witnessed one ? 

No offence Mack ,you've probably travelled more than her ,perhaps not so many war zones ?? 

[mackem 26,269]

4 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

No offence Mack ,you've probably travelled more than her ,perhaps not so many war zones ?? 

She was from Sunderland,Sunderland is a f***ing war zone lol.

 

21 minutes ago, dodger said:

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Bhutan isn't easy to access mack? Plus expensive?

I think I had to spend $400 a day as a solo traveller?They are trying to keep the countries exclusivity so price it high to avoid it turning into Nepal with mass backpackers turning up,pretty snobby but Bhutan is like stepping back in time,I shall return.

[dodger 2,754]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

She was from Sunderland,Sunderland is a f***ing war zone lol.

 

I think I had to spend $400 a day as a solo traveller?They are trying to keep the countries exclusivity so price it high to avoid it turning into Nepal with mass backpackers turning up,pretty snobby but Bhutan is like stepping back in time,I shall return.

I loved Nepal from the hussle n bustle of Kathmandu to the calmness n tranquility of pokhara to the amazing scenery of the trekking in the Mountains but like you say its sp touristy now isn't it so it makes sense what you say and I guess with you saying you would go to Bhutan again it was obviously worth you going.

I will have to look at a documentary on it again as haven't for quite a while but I remember hearing its quite special

[mackem 26,269]

3 minutes ago, dodger said:

I loved Nepal from the hussle n bustle of Kathmandu to the calmness n tranquility of pokhara to the amazing scenery of the trekking in the Mountains but like you say its sp touristy now isn't it so it makes sense what you say and I guess with you saying you would go to Bhutan again it was obviously worth you going.

I will have to look at a documentary on it again as haven't for quite a while but I remember hearing its quite special

Night and day compared to Nepal,Trek in Bhutan you’re going to bump into no one,Trek in Nepal even in places like mustang with its $500? extra trekking fee your going to be tripping over other hikers in high season,a victim of its own success.

Edited December 3, 2023 by mackem

[mackem 26,269]