Another Alternative Burial Proposed

An eco-friendly burial suit made out of...mushrooms. Would you wear it? https://t.co/TNhaAvSVE2 pic.twitter.com/jqYqsM4sdy

— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) October 5, 2016

The audience reception and the comments at Twitter don't show that this proposal was received kindly. Though the idea is proposed as radical and new, I was reminded while watching the video that not so long ago I saw this

I wrote about the sokushinbutsu self-mummifying monks of Yamagata, #Japan for @atlasobscura. Check it: https://t.co/2lEEH531ho #atlasobscura

— Young Davey (@SecondUtensil) October 5, 2016