Nepali Cremation

Being cremated in Nepal is a very public ceremony. The body in a shroud is placed on a pyre and burns until everything is gone. Many fires burn at the same time while the family sits on the bench behind and waits until the ceremony is over.

There is one special slab which is used for royal cremations which are witnessed by everyone who wishes. Even the cows are witness to the event, as being sacred nobody can remove them.

Kathmandu is a crazy city and both Deb and I preferred Tibet to Nepal. However, that may be due to the fact that we did not see so much of the Nepali countryside, apart from our one night at the lodge which was lovely.