In Tibet, sky burials involve leaving the body outdoors for vultures to consume.
Once the bones are cleaned, they are crushed and fed to crows.
In South Korea, cremated ashes are turned into colourful beads due to limited graveyard space.
These burial beads are worn as jewellery or kept in a bottle or urn.
Hanging coffins are placed on mountainsides at remote locations in China, Indonesia, the Philippines.
In Sagada, Philippines, it is believed that if a coffin is closer to the sky, the soul would rest easier.
The deceased is carried with mournful jazz music from the chapel to a cemetery in New Orleans.
Following this, the band plays upbeat music at the subsequent celebration of the person’s life.
This funeral practice includes the burial tradition in Madagascar of Famadihana.
The Malagasy community wraps the dead with fresh clothes every few years with dance, music.