seriously recommended, definitely the hi, i'm of 5. i'm let's name hello. i'm being con, i'm of course to. i'm going to have an e mail into the show. their love is considered tab. people here tend to hold deeply traditional views, especially about relationships. we talked a couple of funding for their loved we are talking about and why? reporter this weekend on dw, on the the, on, on i see india is holy city. the use of hindus believe whoever

dies here will be saved some on for us. that's a celebration here i meet people who make a living from dying lots of another unit i dreamed of studying. i'm leading a better life. it's not having to do this job for those sites. in the and honestly i'm pushed to my limits the but i also meet people with incredible strength let them so i never really afraid the and i learned that dying doesn't have to be a terrible thing. the problem should make peace. that the

a few years ago i lost my mother. it took me quite some time to process her desk. i was offering extremely sad. it said that here in this hospice in but honestly, death is approached very differently. it's known as a more deep by one house of salvation. the probably going to be is a priest year at about one the he begins

these rituals early in the morning. the usually the priests would carry them out in private. an exception has been made for me to be present. while the applies wholly ash to a stone through the process, the stone becomes the symbol of a hindu. god. yeah, but of the people who come to us are seeking salvation. guests believe that if they die in toronto, see they can escape the cycle of return and reverse. we're company of them by playing songs. i'm giving them basel die and water from the countries so on. if i make an image that can you explain to me again, the main route woods of multi by on and why you have these woods? and i mean, is the name that up? how do i get to people who come to us have 15 days to die? only those seeking salivation should come here, so no one should stay here for free accommodation or for months. no man,

that's the only i am here is salvation that he's actually on a most. can you help him much about anybody but some of the 15 days to die? to me that sounds almost stressful. like having a clock ticking for your final brents, but devout hindus don't seem bothered by it. the are all 10 rooms full sometimes. how the system? yes, of course sometimes all the rooms are ok tied with some of of september or october . all the rooms were really full tapped the yeah. hey, so this is the room room has met the club house? yes, exactly. this is it just that we have 2 beds and talk to one for the person seeking

certification and one for the person accompanying them. sometimes more family members come up now, then we laughed mattresses on the floor. and what was your most hearted at their own? was the 18 but with the votes, that's the room only costs $0.20 a night. why is it so cheap? i missed it saturday or me. some people basically stay here for free. we only charge $0.20. so that's not too much electricity is used for the head that'd be necessary and the low amount is also to remind them they shouldn't stay here with us. and definitely the room is really just meant for moving into celebration it. should it be so the heck it for me, so, you know, kind of the, to me, it seems rather sparse, almost stereo, the complex and yet for many it's the best

thing to die right here in a completely unfamiliar environment without any comfort, some for the future i'll meet another person whose final wish is to die and thought honestly, it's an encounter that will touch me deeply. the core, devout hindus thought honestly, is a very special city. it's here that one of their principal deities, she is said to reside the india, as long as the river also flows through here the ganges for many hindus, it's the physical manifestation of the goddess gund. it's believed that the eating

and the ganges can help wash away all sins. the building this is to are said to be cured with just one sip of the whole the water the i'm bobby also believes in the power of the river for over 50 years. he's been growing on the ganges. i'm gonna say, noah. hello, how are you? yeah, hi there. very well. how come i'm carol? what's your name? my name is ron bonnie: that and i'm on. i'm oliver. ron rom is a god. body stands for the monkey guard the monkey room. he is an especially powerful god the run by the is 73 years old.

he spent his whole life in, but honestly, he tells me that he owes all his energy and health to the ganges. come pick up here and you sometimes drink the water as well. me. he thought, oh, yes, of course. yes, dick know, even now this one, now he's drinking the water. is the water under his water? totally water. what do you like the studies have shown how to look at the ganges can be in the around us. the water is so toxic that fish can barely survive here though, the science seems to play a less important role than face the

new book. a person must have based in the ganges, at least 3 times, like the tended. once off the bus, i'll be coming. park big about the 2nd time, the 2nd time off to the wedding. it's understood by it after death. as the gates, the jess is ever present on the ganges, sometimes even with corpses floating in the water, the dripping on the other browser and things like that doesn't bother me until sure. i'll just keep rolling body we've got, it's just a body. the soul has long since left hand towards the go. after we die, your body will that snapped is unlikely auntie. i much. i have the money, but it isn't a surprisingly silver thought for me. i find it hard to separate the body from the essence of the deceased.

i visit the place where most bodies are cremated in veranda. see the money conic. i've got the smoke, the smell, and what i see over whelmed, the gas is visible everywhere the there's no attempt to hide the burning bodies organs or charge limbs the for this man, it's all part of everyday life. cremating corpses is patrick cozy,

chilled high res job. the a dataset of them was i got a new put my my 33 years old now side when we 1st came here aged 13, they cut the lead today. parents may be 4 or 5 corpses a year upon me. a lot of that nature. it became more of them, they washed a dad in the country. so you know the look very different tier back then. you know who the simple they put their numbers basically work all the time and the phone cut in. if i don't do the job, who will let me take care of everything? 20 job money at the job and they did die knowing what otherwise job monday and then they job related, then it must be tough. the jacuzzi is a member of the dom cast. one of the lowest in indian society,

the earns about 2 and a half euros for a fire. it takes about 3 hours to burn the body, the they're going to do see that i suppose it's all routine up. cool. no, it's normal for you. go out there high, we have your habits. yes, i'm used to but we still treat the data so you wouldn't being some one of them would even talk to them in town and they may, we did. what do you the, the date, patrick goes, he explains to me or to be buried with dignity. during breaks, he gets into the ganges, where the ashes of the deceased are scattered, the

here he looks for valuables. sometimes he gets lucky as he has now finding a chain. sure. in the murky, polluted water, you can barely see where he is stepping. the i cut myself with this glass here. best to throw it away. it's hard for me to comprehend the conditions patrick cozy has to work under and i haven't mence respect for what he does, the

i wonder if he would prefer another job nicholson to allow me that of course i would like to follow another profession to work here means a lot to me so much. god gave me the opportunity of a new job. i'm gonna take it. otherwise i'll stay here. the hutch cozy has 3 children. it's his wish for them not to have to one day work here at the money connie car got i'll meet him again in a few days. then he'll tell me, is plans to create a better future for them the at 6 am i receive

a message from the hospice. they wanted me to come as quickly as possible. so gone and looked about one has been empty. i guess i'm just out of here, we just received a call from the owner saying that a person arrived last night from the admins. he wants to die right here in foot on a seat, not enough to stab the on that on to the fact that they've asked if we want to come and talk to the family. so we're on our way there now, you know, i'm tipsy and often they thought him the i have great respect for the chance to meet a dying person and to their family. the . 7 some 20 family members are taking care of the elderly man. i'm

suddenly uncertain if we should even be here. we are doing a movie about the best in that and i see them. is it okay if we talk to you, if you like, look how you would deal with a one situation? is that ok for your help with today? i mean, i saw the problem, a total of a use be happy to share with people who may be don't know, much about religion and show them how we approach this difficult situation problem . they can learn that they're sick, man is his father in law. his name is shree, low connect to body, he's 82 years old and can only breeds with the help of a ventilator. he can't see anymore.

everything is doc just by someplace. it's hard for us that even with the he is really in a critical condition. countries of the clean up coal family quote, are you happy that yours? you invite? honestly not see me here. not a very happy little very, very happy to be called to do. his blessing is always with us because the simple but low but we thank you for talking to us in this difficult time. i am here, you know, you came to us and the uncertainty that is really kind of you really kind of feel like the so much the,

the service. yeah. so far this has been for me the most extreme situation. we have sound he's a mean, it's been the this family, naturally concerned for a family member who is about to die has done the less welcoming us into their circle out of the bias shabby on dealings thoughts in the indian kind of wants to show us how their culture works and how the deal with death getting a quote to have someone send me an amazing that's important in the

i ask one of the some to set tundra to body. why it was important enough for the whole family to travel to. but honestly, young, who we used to take you to live with daddy guides of somebody except today when my father ties, i can, i want him to die happy. you know, i want to have a family to be that the job. and so now he's been stuck in the attending a cycle every but the pacific dining here in toronto. you should find me frank, that's totally cool. be guy, put a not me daughter. i see good. you got to look to again, when my mother was about to die of health, very, very sad. i feel like you people are sad, but also happy at the same time. is that right? i seen the root, the looks of it to not. so it's kind of make sense, got them on and up against the on my ass. that is a celebration for us. it's one of the most components of rituals like the boss and

marriage. we celebrate that is or leave so much behind you. so much pain leaking him doing something that we talk about let being 8400000 different life forms to be on my own. as a human is to be blessed by god, only as a human can you achieve salvation. the sun, the deep brought up the sun just you'll betterments assuming you'll be sort of the same model that if you missed the chart because you have to go through the entire cycle again and they have that, i'll probably do little bit. i don't. but when did you decide that he would come here to about and see, and how did you organize that? the whole assembly. and as i go to ask him the next question, it suddenly goes dark. uh, he's got to stay among his got his nose, a power outage here, which of course is terrible because the ventilator for his father has now stopped in stands for the

1st time, the room grows restless. it seems as if death is become more real, more tangible for the family. the i suspect the family would prefer to be alone for the time being on the banks of the ganges. i need the seller, ron miasca, whose families lived in. but on a see for 7 generations, the

g was so close to me, money kind of guy got and what kind of people do you needs? and do you mean sad people? do you mean people that i have here that they are relates have passed away here in about and i see what kind of impressions do you get from the people you just have one gun? god forbid of already i've seen many people who have just lost a loved one. come to my 2 shots as though it's often the case of the saddle, cried p dot, the little comment of yeah. so if we cut them up, we tied, you might have some struggle with losing their fault on them. of a life might have some know how the family members of in my love, it just doesn't matter. they, how can you come for these people? do you would try to give them some comfort to your food? 3, a t through talking. how do you do it? yeah, bought us out on zillow, whatever they put out for them, both the people tell me about their problems. i explained to them the gold has

given each of us a new set number of days. people are always looking for money or happiness. everything from birth and death is predestined by god. i tell them there's no reason to cry. i can live happily in peace in my everyone has lost someone we loved at some point. oh yeah, no one has a multiple. yeah, everyone has to go some the a separate point. okay. might i add a new local yeah, on a semi i got the 9 once again i'm made aware that death here isn't necessarily seen is something terrible. i ask him if he's afraid of dying himself. he muttered, i yeah, it's always gotten that they're not, i'm not afraid of best. there's no reason to worry, i'll be afraid mark, but one day i will try to draw the embrace the best to make friends with that is what's on. even on those i label, you know, the

evenings in but honestly every day a ceremony to honor the ganges is held on the river bank. the thousands of worshippers gather here. the spiritual significance, the city holds, means of many can make a living. here, the job is 9 years old. each day, her mother paints her up as the into the chief, the family,

including a 5 year old brother, has been homeless for some time. the mazda of the haile, you know, kinda what i mean. i don't have a husband. that's why we live here on the river bank. we came him mainly because of my heart condition to en at least a little money off the line. you just would like to have a room, but we can't afford it. how did you get the idea of her walking around, dressed as a lot cheaper? mazda, of all, the, a lot of people suggested it to me, you know, they told me to have no husband, and you need to how to operation by simply, your daughter could walk around us. chiva does not need about 500 or 600 yours for the operation up so that the so we're trying to get the money this way. for example, the, the

contract collects around 500 rupees in one day, a little over 5 years. and again, i feel bad about it, but i can't see any other way. once i have enough money for the operation, i'll stop sending her out once i'm on the year. what does your daughter say? she seems like a happy child that she sometimes complain that she understand what she's doing there. and i know she never complains who's got to she does a lot for me yet. she always tells me i live only a few lives. that's why she's collecting money from my operation. the

every afternoon follows the same routine, the after applying makeup con john mean goes with the tourist hoping to bring home as much money as possible by send them gives me money and i will attach to the gives me $0.50. i don't have that much. and i just. * give it to me now. wish for the the stuff that the yeah. the golf show up. i will double. that's enough. no, i'm not taking that. take this $0.20. yeah. this over to the,

to the congo has collected just under for yours. i know for a little food for her family, but not enough to save for the operation the the but i don't feel good about what i'm doing is i'm only doing it from my mother in white plum. people even call me back or last long. i always tell them i'm not the better on the day, our phone, big mamma them do you sometimes get in dangerous situations or situations that you don't like? let them says that i'm good that actually i'm never afraid of what i'm only scared at the thought that my mother might die. i don't want my mother today malfunction

yet. the i admired casual strings and i find it terrible that this 9 year old has to deal with death. so early in life, the death and life in the by one. they're close neighbors. a man dies and right next to him, children play the the alongside them. the family of 20 also needs to be taken care of the

on you in the ok, the be great. honda got a guy that's life. it shows the young people come here when the doctor says that there's nothing more they can do well. no final wishes to come to go to relax to miss were thinking about one considering that whoever dies here in toronto see, can consider themselves lucky. i've been outside of georgia the children of course, don't understand all of this. yeah. but they have no, they don't know what's happening here. a guy. oh, yeah, honey, i would say go with john vine a. so get him on a have you know, that came with the whole family is probably my to me. and so can, as many people come as they like, i'm here to say comes, are going to the other thing, get married while at least 2 people should have company in the sick person available. in this case, it's 15 to 20 headed for sometimes 10 or 15 family members come to that, that those can you avoid them? i never say now i am here. everyone is offered

a roof over there. had to be somebody else within the iowa and most of the the, the dying are blessed. 3 times a day. park of the ritual includes drinking a drop of the ganges holy water. the, the the family sees mainly the good for the relative do a in future to do, hey, is let me go to the bottom. ok. i used to come up,

it comes and noticed that will be no rebuff about it cuz he wasn't even though i there was so much pain. you meet people then paul lay upon and he was us. there was so much suffering. so many illnesses look at the not the fact and brought to see millions freedom from all that. so it's, and it's, and that the ultimate freedom these easily you see this is this optimal. see here, how much responsibility do you hear as a son right now in this situation that can lead to this? so you put that the well being a father is a big thing. i will have to worry about to what i did. it could never be enough, but that can be, this can use, the lender wants to play a 9. even if i gave my own skin for him, i'll never be able to replace my father. it's going to be, i can never repay what he's done for me will never be. i'm so causing and hum chombo through you guys. let me try to explain this to the children that a little it's an evening. we pray and talk with each of the issue, i don't, but that's the,

the home go ahead. i don't or live on know to go the staff a every well, it's the i noticed the family sadness that they will soon lose a loved one year. at the same time. they're happy and grateful that they are fulfilled. his last wish that he's able to die here invalid, and i see the or on the banks of the ganges punched cosy works late into the evening. bodies are burned here around the clock. it's a job. the 33 year old never really wanted

lots of another game before you tell, but i got to give me an audit problem i dreamed of studying leading a better life. i was having to do this job here for august. i have no proper education, not so i've had many problems. i've tried different jobs for the time delay. got it and nothing really worked out for me. i'm not spending so i really think on living in he does not want his 3 children to one day have to risk their own health and the smoke component courtesy where you can give you a window. when my children have completed their education by google as engineers, for instance, they have a completely different future ahead of the people pick and choose other professions . who by john, it hurts to see the people who have ended up here don't be money. it means only

those who are blessed get better jobs nowadays. she didn't know. i didn't know lots . i knew they don't see the don't mean that he wants his children to leave the dream that was denied to him. a something that is a lot. while i look at my dream is for them to get an education, so i'm going to become better people who don't have good circle of friends. if i can support their dreams with a lot of do something, i'll do everything i can to make it happen for the it's just after 5 am. it's on typically quiet in the by one, the

scientists amongst all the managers passed away 2 minutes and i feel incredibly sorry for the family i to low because at the same time the media, i believe the family is glad it's over. now since for bias on the and that he will hopefully find salvation here in veronica scenes. yet, news on the head of. c c the the

present given the i'm happy for him to push you to everything for assembly. right? until the last moment. now his family must let go there with getting they brought him here to her honestly, knowing this would be the last station of his life flashing and looking with the policy at the hold up. and you'll be an investor, in spite of the negative daddy getting a hardship, the family will go through everything that's needed for the burning of the body. then down carried the body from here to the banks, up the guns you submit till they're going to be decorated month and burned. got it up on them. that's. that's got a good thing. the everything has to move quickly. now,

the soul is to be freed from the dead body while the men show to the physical weight, the women stay behind. they're not permitted to participate in the funeral ceremony . the start of the insider, now they're carrying him through the streets of around, etc. for everyone to see, not even a spaces covered to meet it's very strange, of course is for everyone else around us. it's completely normal. and so tyler, my relatives

carried the deceased man's possessions with them. his belongings will be given away . it would bring bad luck to keep them in the family after his death, the arrival at the banks of the ganges where the deceased is to be burned. in the moment of grief, fixed rituals provide support. before the funeral,

the eldest son of the family has his head shaved, a way to pay respect to his father. in the meantime, firewood for the funeral pyre needs to be organized. it costs about 100 euros for the 400 kilos needed was i know the family places the relative onto the woods themselves. then finally, the fire is ignited. man, the eldest son touches his father's go 3 times. a symbolic gesture. the scarlet supposed to break open, releasing the soul each

time for the farewell, the i think of the family. what must be going through their minds during the fire for them a 13 day period of morning now begins the

i was invalid on a c for 3 weeks. it was the most intense shoot of my life. it was a period in which i felt sad. thoughtful and at the same time, happy as the sound is often call me, but now when i arrived, i thought to myself, how could anyone want to die here in this crowded, noisy place with the smell of burned bodies in the air? everywhere on give me some now i've, at least to some extent developed an understanding of the men's. i've learned why people have a more positive approach to death and pulled this shoot. has also changed me personally that i've noticed that my fear of dealing with death has fallen away more and more in depth in a way as part of life. i find that a really beautiful and reassuring thought isn't switching. i'm vaguely certain on all the waiting ended on the

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