We loved the visual identity for this year's Green Man so much that we had to interview the artist behind it. Murugiah explains how he got the gig, de.
The Lhasa Shoton Festival kicked off in Lhasa, the Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 16, 2023. During the seven-day festival, some new programs in arts, sports and environmental protection will be highlighted.
Tibetan Buddhists have a unique funeral custom called sky burials, in which the dead are taken to a high-altitude area for vultures to consume their remains, a practice that is regarded as spiritual and practical. How they are prepared: Sky burials reportedly serve as an offering to the gods and a way to prepare the soul for reincarnation. Sending off: Once the deceased's family has selected a “lucky day,” the body is then unwrapped and bent in a sitting, fetal position with the head between the knees before a burial master takes the body up to the mountains, generally far away from the residential area, where they chop the remains in pieces while laughing.