Cremation is with lower rank than the stupa burial, only submitting to the Living Buddha and the High Lama. Others are forbidden to use this burial.

Before cremation, people wrap up the body into the sitting position and tie it to the firewood pile. At the same time, the lama chant scripture for the spirit of the dead when people spill oil on the firewood and light the fire.

After finished, the ash of the dead is taken to the peak to sprinkle in the wind or put in to a river.