Show pars put their dead on towers of silence it was a terrifying sight and I 1 was the first european to see it I 1 had to camouflage myself and to dress and act like a native of india in order to isalt the sacred burial places of the says a writer in deutsche med the burial places or rather the storing places of the dead are the towers of silence foreigners can never get there dead or alive all photographs are prohibited only by special influence was it possible for me to list get near these strange towers A earsl to whom I 1 had been recommended by a friend agreed to guide me on malabar hill bill there la Is a rove grove surrounded by a high wall A road takes one up to the house bouse of the guards wo we happened to see the burial of a rich parel the body was dressed in white linen and lay on a network of strong linen straps held up by 12 carriers the entire mour mourning ming crowd dressed tn in white instead of black followed the corpse two and two each couple was tied together by a white linen ribbon eagles and hawks bawks circled about in the air I 1 I 1 was unable to get to the towers of silence proper but my companion described the burial procedure the corpse Is laid on the platform of one of the towers barmen who are employed tor for their whole lifetime in this work As the body begins to decay the eagles come down the skeleton remains for about three months and then Is burled burita in vallex valles |