Indonesian Culture | Ceremony Burning Bodies "Ngaben" in Bali

Tradition is a habit that has been done for a long time and becomes part of the life of a community in the world. Generally, this happens in the same country, culture, or religion. This tradition is passed down from the old generation to the new generation.

The diversity of traditions in Indonesia produces surprising results, one of them by giving birth to a quite extraordinary tradition. From the death ceremony to the harvest tradition owned by Indonesia. All of you must know that Indonesia is an archipelago country that has many ethnic, tribal, and beliefs. So it is not wrong if from the west end to the eastern tip of Indonesia there are various unique traditions that vary in each region. This tradition is still preserved until now, so you can still see how this tradition coexists with the community.

These traditions and customs should make us proud as Indonesians because they can only be found in Indonesia's homeland only. Curious what unique traditions make Indonesia different from others? Let's read right. Indonesia is known for its rich natural resources, besides it turns out that this beloved country is rich in regional languages, it is proven that there are 564 local languages in Indonesia. Even according to Wikipedia, the results of the 2010 BPS census there are 1340 tribes of Indonesia. Have you imagined how many hundred cultures here?

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The funeral is a procession of human burial that has died from the preparation until the end of the funeral process in the cemetery. Cultural factors make the number of customs funeral used by the community where the customs of the community cemetery in a different place with the customs of the community cemetery elsewhere.

Historical and cultural values of ancestral heritage make Indonesian people have diverse customs of the cemetery, be use Indonesia has various custom tribes with different customs among different tribes and tribes. The belief factor of a deep-rooted ancestor in a tribe in Indonesia has also contributed to the diversity of indigenous cemeteries in Indonesia.

But in essence if we make the conclusion of the diversity of the customs of the cemetery, it all leads to the existence of life after death from the death of man. Man does not live eternally in the realm of the world, but after experiencing death man will go to another realm of the Hereafter where man a will be accountable for all his deeds and deeds while in the world.

Some of them have uniqueness and characteristic so that people can recognize a customary cemetery which is held belongs to which tribe. Let's look at the reviews of one of the customs of the cemetery in Indonesia. Please read the brief review below.

Bali is known to have a wide range of cultures that are widely known to foreign countries, the cultural popularity of the Balinese people has been worldwide. Ngaben is one of them, Ngaben is a procession of burning dead bodies of people who died in Bali where the goal is to free the soul of the dead in order to reach the stage of new life after death. Ngaben ceremony is often opened to the public, so the local government also makes Ngaben Ceremony as one of the unique tourist attractions of culture on the island of Bali.

Many tourists who perpetuate this Ngaben ceremonial procession both local and foreign tourists. There are those who deliberately come to Bali just to see the procession of this Ngaben ceremony directly with their own eyes.

Ngaben ceremony is a luxurious and majestic ceremony for the people of Bali because in performing the ceremony Ngaben required a fee that is not small, where for those who do not have enough finance to bury the corpse of the family who died until when financially it was felt just then the bones of the family who died had been burned through the procession of Ngaben ceremony.

Most Ngaben ceremonies are performed by burning dead bodies or bones of dead people in a statue that usually takes the form of an ox statue. The unique cremation that is done by way of burning with fire media is a typical funeral procession of Bali island community.

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