AtD, 'the ending'...is a Tibetan Sky-Funeral a relevant allusion?....(found for Robin)

[Mark Kohut]

... and then proceeds to provide a first hand account of a Tibetan 'sky funeral':

"During Tibetan sky funerals on Lhasa's northern edge, machete-wielding undertakers -- sometimes drunk on Tibetan 'chang' beer to numb the horror -- chop dead people into mince-meat.

"The ceremony displays the bloody messiness of a slaughterhouse, outdoors atop a large flat boulder behind Sera Monastery.

"Ropes are tied to corpses' necks and knotted around big rocks, to prevent the bodies sliding off the blood-wet boulder.

"The undertakers also hammer the corpses' bones, and mix the powdered bones with human meat, so nothing is left after the vultures eat.

"To ensure a delicious feast, undertakers add "tsampa" barley and yak butter to flavor the diced dead."