burning gifts for the dead

this is an art project with photographs of stuff that you give to your dead relative to use in the afterlife!
http://www.kurttong.co.uk/#/paper offerings for the dead
this one is nice:
www.kurttong.co.uk/#/ipod

Surfers commemorate a recent death.

sky burial

sky burial or celestial burial. ritual in tibet

they smash the body and feed the vultures..

http://traditionscustoms.com/sites/default/files/bones_japan_cemetary.jpg
in japan the family gathers to pick out the bones after cremation.

"The hyoid bone (a bone located in the neck) is the most significant bone to be put in the urn" (wikipedia)