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tower of silence
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Japanese Meaning
ゾロアスター教において、死者の遺体を露出させ、鳥類（ハゲワシなど）による食作用で分解させるために設けられた、低く円柱状で屋根のない塔のこと。遺骨は骨壷（オッソリア）に保管される場合もある。また「ダフマ」とも呼ばれる。
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(Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary; a dakhma.
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tower of silence
We climbed the hill to the crumbling tower of silence and learned it had been used to expose the dead to vultures in traditional Zoroastrian funerary practice.
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We climbed the hill to the crumbling tower of silence and learned it had been used to expose the dead to vultures in traditional Zoroastrian funerary practice.
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