China survivors cremate their dead(360P).mp4

Published on Apr 17, 2010
Survivors of Wednesday's deadly earthquake in western China's Qinghai provice have begun mass cremations of the dead.

Buddhist tradition says that the dead should be left outside for vultures to eat in a so-called "sky burial", but with so many bodies to dispose of the monks have sanctioned the cremations.

Hopes of finding more survivors are fading and the rescue efforts are turning into a clean-up operation.

Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Jeigu, where villagers have been cremating their dead.