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"text": "“A sky burial? What’s that?”\n“Just what it says. You bury them in the sky. They do it in Tibet and places. You bring the dead body to a mountain and leave it so they can be out in the open until they're not.”",
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "aasvoëlbegrafnis"
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"word": "天葬"
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"word": "hemelbegrafenis"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "taivashautaus"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
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"word": "inhumation céleste"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
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"word": "Himmelsbestattung"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "קבורת שמים"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "pemakaman langit"
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"word": "sepoltura celeste"
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"word": "鳥葬"
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"word": "خاکسپاری آسمانی"
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"word": "entierro celestial"
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"roman": "bya gtor",
"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "བྱ་གཏོར"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "aasvoëlbegrafnis"
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "lugbegrafnis"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "天葬"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "天葬"
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"word": "luchtbegrafenis"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "hemelbegrafenis"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "taivashautaus"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
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"word": "inhumation céleste"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "funeral practice",
"tags": [
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"word": "Himmelsbestattung"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "קבורת שמים"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "pemakaman langit"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"tags": [
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"word": "sepoltura celeste"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "鳥葬"
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "خاکسپاری آسمانی"
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"word": "entierro celestial"
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"lang": "Tibetan",
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"sense": "funeral practice",
"word": "བྱ་གཏོར"
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