empty shell is placed on a sacred ledge exposed to the elements pungent odours rise scavengers will feast cold flesh soon to be devoured corpse will be reduced to skeletal remains rapid disposal of a possible source of infection ancient ritual to sustain other s lives generosity of the deceased harsh lands leave no option for interment or cremation traditional practice claiming man s intrepidity pale limbs chopped up with an axe enabling creatures to swiftly consume loved ones are adviced to leave this morbid scene skin flesh tendons feet genitals liver heart spleen and intestines primitive deconstruction of the human anatomy skin flesh tendons feet genitals liver heart spleen and intestines primitive deconstruction of the human anatomy ripping frenzy interrupted bones mashed into pulp for consumption skull split open to make brain accessible nothing is wasted transference of vitality empty shell have vanished from the sacred grounds a return to idyll pungent odours gone scavengers are full skeletal remains reduced to nothing transference of vitality an act of good karma