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There are a number of Events and Festivals in Bali that are held all throughout
the year. Including religious, as well as non-religious events and occasions,
the Annual Celebrations of Bali display the thriving cultural tradition, and the
variegated colors of the rich heritage that the province of Bali boasts of. One
of the most important, and extremely vibrant festivity that is held in Bali, is
the Cremation Ceremony in Bali. One among the many Bali Events and Festivals in
the month of June/July, the Cremation Ceremony in Bali is celebrated with great
pomp and fervor. The Bali Travel Guide is a comprehensive forum where you can
get to know all about the Cremation Ceremony in Bali.
A time for gaiety and happiness, the Cremation Ceremony in Bali is an important
event in the tradition of the Balinese people. To the people of Bali, death
is not an event to be mourned, and is seen as a passage of the soul to a better
world, where it starts to prepare for re-incarnation and a newer life. Hence,
the Cremation Ceremony in Bali is not one that has any sorrow or tears in it.
In fact, the people make it a point to laugh, sing and dance, and celebrate
the death of a loved one during the Cremation Ceremony in Bali. The most important
occasion among the Bali Events and Festivals, the Cremation Ceremony in Bali
is a truly colorful and spectacular event that is celebrated with so much fanfare
and enjoyment, that one would be amazed to know it was a cremation ceremony.
The Cremation Ceremony in Bali takes place every 5 years, of the Balinese
calendar, where the year consists of 210 days. Till that time, dead people are
buried, and have to wait to be cremated in order to have a clear path to re-incarnation.
The Cremation Ceremony in Bali consists of two kinds of ceremonies, the Ngaben,
or the cremation ceremony, and the Nyekah or Ngasti, a ceremony performed after
cremation. At the Cremation Ceremony in Bali, the body of the deceased is put
into the belly of a bull, and then after the priest has officiated the last
rites, it is burned. Then, another priest performs the last rites and carries
the ashes to be disposed off, and this marks the beginning of the festivities
that the family of the deceased partakes in at the Cremation Ceremony in Bali.
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