Bali Travel Guide

The chain of ceremonies that follow a cremation, the memukur — best translated as escorting one's soul to heaven — is actually a much more delicate and costly ritual than the grand cremation ceremony itself. The cremation ceremony on this island ...

One of the most spectacular ceremonies in Bali is probably the cremation ceremony. In Balinese this ceremony is called Ngaben. Ofcourse, like any ceremony in Bali, the cremation ceremony's size and spectacle depends on the importance of the deceased, and ...

The Balinese believe that after death, the body of the deceased must be dissolved to return to its original elements. In the cremation process, ngaben, the purification rite which frees the spirit from its temporary earthly 'housing', dissolution facilitates the ...