[odds]

“Are these are the ones whose remains are supposed to be exposed to the elements and eaten by vultures and crows?”

They used to do that centuries ago, in “Towers of Silence” well away from urban areas. Nowadays Zoroastrians in Iran and abroad, even in India, are either buried in coffins or cremated.

[Ransomed]

I have no problem with however they do it, hope it works out for them however they do it, God willing. They care enough about something enough to carry it out anyhow. But I recall stories about modern pesticide poisoning of carrion birds that affected their funeral rites negatively. Could it be that they have the equivalent of ‘old order Mennonites’ who still use the old ways in modern times or something?

Freegards

[Theoria]

The Parsi still practice it in Mumbai. They have just about ran out of vultures; drugs in carcasses have killed most of the birds and habitat loss.