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- 1. a tall open-topped structure on which Parsees traditionally place and leave exposed the body of someone who has died.
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A dakhma, also known as a Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation (that is, the exposure of human corpses to the elements for decomposition), in order to avoid contamination of the soil and other natural elements by the decomposing dead bodies. Carrion birds, usually vultures and other scavengers, consume the flesh. Skeletal remains are gathered into... Wikipedia