Ngaben, Bali cremation ceremony
Balinese Religion is based on respect for and worship of God and ancestor. It is believed that after death, the body must be dissolved and returned to its original elements. Ngaben, the Balinese word for cremation is a purification rite which frees the spirit from its temporary earthly house and facilitates its journey to its next existence.
The Lembu where the body placed and cremated.
It is a custom and part of a tradition in Bali when someone dies, the whole villager (where one was lives) will help with the preparation for the cremation. The dead body is laid out in a special part of the house to be bathed and prepared. The night before the cremation, holy water will be collected from some main temple and used in preparation of the body and during the cremation. The entire villager (but especially for family and relatives) will participate on the day of the cremation ceremony. Before the body cremated at the cemetary, it will be placed into a wadah, after at the cemetary, and then they body of the deceased is placed inside a coffin which is then placed inside a form of a lembu (cow) which believes to be the vehicle of the spirits, made of paper and light wood. It will be carried to the village cremation site (usually in the village cemetery) in a procession. The ultimate procession is to burn the Wadah, using fire from a holy source.
When all the procession has done the ashes are placed in the sea, and it is the final separation of the soul from the body.
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11 Responses to “Ngaben, Bali cremation ceremony”
January 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Hi,
Website ini sangat informatif bagi saya untuk mempromosikan Bali di campus saya di USA. Terima kasih,
Darmahkasih,
hdd@deedeearts.com
January 24th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Hi,
Salam kenal, ma kasih darma, saya juga senang website ini berguna buat teman2 kita di luar negeri.
Jika anda mau bisa registrasi juga dan menyumbang article buat website ini.
Salam dari Bali,
–
dee
February 24th, 2007 at 12:04 am
hai…
website ini bener2 berguna buat temen2 yang pengen tau lebih banyak tentang bali.
yang pasti gara2 web ini aku terbantu untuk menyusun artikel tentang pura besakih, ngaben dan kebudayaan tentang bali.
semoga web ini tambah bagus informasinya…
sukses selalu
:)
aling
February 24th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Thanks Aling.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Hi Dee,
Terima kasih untuk informasi tentang Bali khususnya Ngaben, karena dengan informasi ini saya bisa menyampaikan informasi yang benar buat research speech saya di kampus di Amerika.
Semoga sukses selalu and Bali tambah banyak tourist yang datang.
Salam dari Amerika,
Ferry
March 11th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Hi Dee,
Niki Agung dari Bali, datang ke US in 1998.
Suksma atas website-nya.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:00 am
INFORMASI NI BSA NBH WAWASANQ TTG BALI..
n btu q bgt!!
Cz,,
ntar lg q bkal pdh k BALI..,,
THx..
June 1st, 2007 at 12:48 am
Hi
Terima kasih untuk info ini.
Saya juga sangat terbantu untuk bahan speech class yang harus saya ambil di Amerika.
Salam dari US
Clarissa
June 1st, 2007 at 8:00 am
temen2 ada update article untuk Ngaben, take a look at this link:
http://www.dee-bali.com/the-palebon-ngaben-part-ii/
January 8th, 2008 at 5:28 am
wah…artikel yang bagus salam kenal , main ke blog saya dunk!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
tks ya, berguna u/ cari tugas buat anak sy ttg Bali