Cremation Ceremony in Bali
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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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