the that's it for now. coming up next doc film looks at the holy city of fire and i see in india to me on lot of people for myself and the team. many thanks for watching the she survived the honda coast is. oh no, it was an ocean, it's as a 2 year old. the it was only much nation that you day to confront to deal with me to embark on that journey. i survived starts january 24th on d w. but on i see india is holy city. the use of hindus believe whoever

dies here will be saved so much for us staff as a celebration here i meet people who make a living from dying lots of another young people you dreamed of studying. i'm leading a better life, it's not having to do this job for us. i mean, but honestly i'm pushed to my limits the but i also meet people with incredible strength. the bands. i've never really afraid the and i learned that dying doesn't have to be a terrible thing. the problem should make peace. at

the a few years ago i lost my mother. it took me quite some time to process or death. i was offering extremely sad. it said that here in this hospice in but honestly, death is approached very differently. it's known as the buy 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 ashed was stone through the process, the stone becomes the symbol of a hindu. god. yeah, but it will be at the people who come to us are seeking salvation tag. and i guess believe that if they die in toronto, see if they can escape the cycle of return and reverse. we accompany them by playing songs. i'm giving them basel die and water from the countries. so i don't know if i'm gonna get him, is that, can you explain to me again, the main root woods of multi by on and why you have these woods? and this is the new ended up. how do i get for people who come to us have 15 days to die? only those seeking salivation should come,

your sadness that no one should stay here for free accommodation for months? no man, that's the only i am here. is salvation that he's the most. can you help him much about anybody was the 15 days to die? to me that sounds almost stressful. like having a clock ticking for your final brands, but devout hindus don't seem bothered by it. the are all 10 rooms full sometimes. huh. for the system. yes. of course. sometimes all the rooms are occupied with some of september or october. all the rooms were really full. the yeah. hey, so this is the room. you don't have the cup. yes, exactly. this is that we have 2 beds from top to bottom,

one for the person seeking salvation, and one for the person accompanying them. sometimes more family members come up now, then we laughed mattresses on the floor. and what were your most shocked at their own? was the 18 but with the modes that's the room only costs $0.20 a night. be why is it so cheap? i mean, it sounds good to me that are missing people basically stay here for free. we only charge $0.20 so that not too much electricity is used for the hurt to the other the necessary. 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 salvation. it, should it be so the that the heck it for me so, you know, kind of the, to me it seems rather sparse, almost sterile on the,

on tops in india for many. it's the best thing to die right here. and it completely unfamiliar environment without any comfort, some for the future, i'll meet another person whose final wish is to dine. but 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 longest 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

in the ganges can help wash away all sins. the building this is to are said to be cured with just one sip of the holy water. the one bobby also believes in the power of the river for over 50 years. he's been growing on the ganges. i'm gonna say hello, how are you? yeah. how they're both very well and that's how i've come down here. what's your name? my name is ron bonnie, that i'm not modeling oliver rom rom is a god. body stands for the monkey guard. the monkey room is an especially powerful god

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. 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 divided under his water? you are, holy water studies have shown how polluted the ganges can be in 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

i'm, you know, got a person must have based in the ganges at least 3 times, like the kindred. once off the bus, i'll be coming. for the 2nd day of the 2nd time off to the wedding. it's just the time after dad has the gates, the jeff is ever present on the ganges sometimes even with corpses floating in the water, the would you like to get to me? i don't know, but i do problems and things like that done with both to me and to chicago. just keep growing. i do believe that it's just a body. the soul has long since left it towards the middle. go after we die here, your bottle that snapped as a lifeless phone to you. i money, i get the money, but it isn't surprisingly silver thorn. for me, i find it hard to separate the body from the essence of the deceased to

visit the place where most bodies, our cremated environment. see the money kind of got the smoke, the smell, and what i see, overwhelms me. the gas is visible everywhere. the, there's no attempt to die, the burning bodies, organs, or charge limbs the for this man, it's all part of everyday life. of cremating corpses is patrick cozy,

chilled harvey's job. the, the you put by the 33 years old now side when we 1st came here age 13, they cut the leave today. barnes may be 4 or 5 corpses the year upon me. money i later became more of them. they washed the dad and the guns you saw, you know, they looked very different to your back then who not one of the simple and that they're not. but i basically work all the time that the goal. and if i don't do the job, who will let me take care of everything points of job money at the job and they did that knowing what otherwise job money and then they job related that it must be tough. the

a large, cosy is a member of the dom cast one of the lowest in indian society, the urns about 2 and a half euros for a fire. it takes about 3 hours to burn the body. the calendar, again, i do see that i suppose it's all routine up. cool. no, it's normal for you. go out there. hey, we have your habits. yes, i'm used to, but we would, we still treat it there to see wouldn't being some, one of them would even talk to them and kind of name a we did. what do you, the date, patrick goes, he explains to me on 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. the dog in the murky, polluted water. you can barely see where he is stepping. the i can put myself in this glass here, best to throw it away. but 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 you would prefer another job nicholson to allow me that will. of course we'd like to follow another profession to work here means a lot to me though my god gave me the opportunity of a new job and i would take it to this. yeah. otherwise i'll stay here and see if i'm in touch because he has 3 children. it's his wish for them not to have to one day work here at the money kind of 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. uh, something to get 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 the seat, not enough to stay on the on 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 typically and often they thought him the, i have great respect for the chance to meet a dying person and their family, the some 20 family members are taking care of the old really,

man i'm suddenly and certainly if we should even be here, we are doing a movie about the best in that and i see and then is it okay if we talk to you, if you like, look how you would deal with a one situation? is that okay for your help with today? i'm a, i found a problem at all about the speed we're happy to share with people who may be don't know much about our religion and show them how we approach this difficult situation . the problem that i learned that they're sick man is his father in law. his name is shree, low cannot t body he's 82 years old and can only breeze with the help of a ventilator multi, you can see anymore. everything is doc my

brother, this lesson plans. it's hard for us baby with the he is really in a critical condition because of that we can pull family quote, are you happy that you are human, but honestly not see me here. not a very happy little very, very happy to be called your here's the last thing is always with us because it was because the simple fact that 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 feel like that's so much the,

the the, the service is 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's about to die has done the less welcoming us into their circle out of the bias shabby on dealings thoughts. they may be uh, an kind of wants to show us how their culture works and how they deal with death, getting a quote to have someone send me an amazing with them. told indian the

i ask one of his sons tundra to body. why it was important enough for the whole family to travel to about honestly young. take you to live with died. you guys have somebody excited me. when my father ties, i can, i want to install a happy, you know, i want to have a family to be that jammed up until now he's been stuck in the attendance cycle every but the pacific dining here in toronto. so he should finally break that. so when i called the guy put a not me door, i see that you got to look to you 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 see in the room the looks of it to know. so it's kind of make sense. got them on and up. it is the only yes, that is a celebration in for us i. there is one of the most consulting rituals like the

last a marriage. we celebrate that. these are least so much behind you, so much pain. taking him to isn't god we talked about let being 8400000 different life forms to be on my, on the phone as a human is to be blessed by going to run off the left only as a human can you achieve salvation to be done with the product, the sun just nope them then these are the same model that if you missed the shots, because you have to go through the entire cycle again and then i'll probably do little bit. i don't know. when did you decide that you would come here to about enough? see, and how did you organize that? the whole assembly. and as i go to ask him the next question, it suddenly goes dark. it's got to stay among his god as there was a power outage. here, which of course is terrible because the ventilator for his father has now stopped in states. for the

1st time, the room grows restless. it seems as if death has 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 made the seller rum yard off. busy whose families lived in, but on a see for 7 generations of

the m g was so close to me, monday, kindly. ca, gods. and what kind of people do you need to do you mean sad people? do you meet people that i have here that they are relates has passed away here in about? i'm not see what kind of impression do you get from the people get this one going to cover the body. i've seen many people who have just lost a loved one, come to my 2 shots and as it is, it's often the case of the saddle cry, a key that the wrote that a lot of little comment of. yeah. so if we cut them up, we thought you might have some struggle with losing their fault on them of a life might of some know how the family members of in my love is just doesn't matter. they, how can you come for these people? do you try to uh, yeah, give them some comforts to your food through your teeth, through talking. how do you do it? yeah, but us out on zillow, whatever the problem was, the people tell me about the problems. i explained to them the gold has given each

of us a new set number of days. people are always looking for money, your happiness. everything from birth and death is predestined by god. tell them there's no reason to cry. yeah. they can live happily and in peace isn't what everyone has lost someone. we love to some point. oh yeah, that one. is it multiple? yes, everyone has to go some by separate for an appointment. i never really we, i and i mean i have as of yet not 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 doesn't live here. my lie. i told you that no, i'm not afraid of death. there's no reason to worry. i'll be afraid. moscow. one day i will try to draw the embrace the best to make friends with that as well. some, even on those i level you know, with the 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 of the city holds means many can make a living. here. the job is 9 years old. the each day, her mother paints her up as the he knew the she's the

family, including a 5 year old brother has been homeless for some time. the lives of the i need, you know, kind of 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. your call, i guess we'd like to have a room, but we can't afford it. your daughter could walk around us chiva. i need about 500 or 600 yours for the operation of so that'd be so we're trying to get the money this way. for example, the, the good the contractor 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 ones. i'm one of them. what does your daughter say? she seems like a happy child that she sometimes complain. does she understand what she's doing their life was. i know she never complains about. 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 congo mean goes with the tourist,

hoping to bring home as much money as possible. my send me money and i will protest for that gives me $0.50. i don't have that much of a job. * give it to me now. wish for the the it's not that yeah, the golf show. i think that's enough. no, i'm not taking that. take this $0.20. yeah. this over to the, to the congo is collected just under 4 euro. so 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. i'm only doing it from my mother in white plum. people even call me back or as long i always tell them i'm not the bigger 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 going 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 to dine mild selection yet. the

admired casual strength, 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 alongside them. the family of 20 also needs to be taken care of the on human, the ok to pay that be great. 100 got a guy that's life is was the young people come here when dr. so, so there's nothing more that can do. you will know,

find the wishes to come to code who likes to me. so thinking about one because i don't know me that whoever dies here in toronto see, can consider themselves lucky. i've been said go to the children of course, don't understand all this. yeah. but they have, nobody don't know what's happening here. they will die. and there was a boy with john vine a. so get him on. i have, you know, they came with the whole family is pretty my, to me. so i can, as many people come as they like, i'm up here to say comes, are going to the other thing, get me a while at least 2 people should have company in the sick person available. in this case, it's $15.00 to $20.00 headed towards sometimes 10 or 15 family members come i that, that those going to have with them. i never say no. i'm here. everyone is offered a roof over there. had to be somebody else with in 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 family sees mainly the good for the relative do up in the future to do, hey, is let me go to the bottom. ok. i used to have a comes, had noticed that there will be no rebuff about it cuz he wasn't, even though i have never so much pain. you meet people then paul play upon and he was us. there was so much suffering. so many illnesses look at them as a task and drama. see millions, freedom for move outs,

itchiness and 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 could lead to this? so you put the well being a father is a big thing. i will have to worry no matter what i did, it could never be enough. but that could be, this could use the, let know i could be a 9. and even if like i have my own skin for him, i'll never be able to replace my father. it's going to be like a middle repay while he's done for me will never be. i'm so causing him jumble through. do i let me try to explain this to the children that a little it's an evening we pray and talk with each of a lease, a lot of them without the other hand that we're alive or not, we're going to use that for every well, it's the

i noticed the family sadness that they was to lose a loved one. yet at the same time, they're happy and grateful that they have fulfilled his last wish that he's able to die here in. but on, i see the on the banks of the ganges, touched cozy works late into the evening. bodies are burned here around the clock. it's a john the 33 year old and never really wanted lots of another game before you tell, but i got a good man. i the problem i dreamed of studying leading a better life. i. so i'm having to do this job here so that i have no proper

education. so i've had many problems. i tried different stones, the full time delay, got it, and nothing really worked out for me. i'm not spending towards the end. he does not want his 3 children to one day have to risk their own health and the smoke component courtesy where you near window. when my children have completed their education by year google essential years, for instance, they have a completely different future ahead of the people that can choose the other professions. who by john, hurts to see the people who ended up here job pneumonia. 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 government in that

he wants his children to leave the dream that was denied to him. a something i the lot i get for look at my dream is for them to get an education. so i'm going to become better people, watch the good circle of friends if i can support their dreams, let them out or do something. i'll do everything i can to make it happen for the, the, it's just after 5 am. it's on typically quiet in the by one the, the scientists amongst all the man just 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 and but honestly you're losing that has. c c c c the the, the present given the, i'm happy for him to push you to the everything for assembly. right? until the last moment to out of i know his family must like go there, which getting they brought him here to for honestly knowing this would be the last station of his life fussing. and looking with the push,

the hold up and then you'll be an investor instead of a negative daddy getting a hunch that the family will go through everything that's needed for the burning of the body. then they'll carry the body from here to the banks, up the guns, use it till they're going to be decorated with wanton burned gully that's on the investments. got a good fit 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 inside. now they're carrying him through the streets of around and see for everyone to see not even a spaces covered to meet. it's very strange, of course it is for everyone else around us. it's completely normal. and so tired of 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 the family places the relative onto the wood themselves. then finally, the fire is ignited. man, the eldest son touches his father's go 3 times. a symbolic gesture. this go the suppose to break open, releasing the soul each time for the farewells, the

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 these and these often called him, but not 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. now i've, at least to some extent developed an understanding of it to convince 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 is part of life, a gland. i find that a really beautiful and reassuring thought isn't switching. i'm vaguely, soon on the off the waiting on the down, the,

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