Ritual of Ngaben Balinese Ngaben Ceremony or Cremation Ceremony, is the ritual performed inBalito send the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased will be placed as if sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping. No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily not present and willreincarnateor find his final rest inMoksha(freeing from the reincarnation and death cycle). On the day of the ceremony, the body of the deceased is placed inside acoffin. This coffin is placed inside asarcophagusresembling a buffalo (Lembu) or in a temple structure (Wadah) made of paper and wood. The buffalo or temple structure will be carried to thecremationsite in a procession. The procession of Ngaben is not walking in a straight line. This is to confuse bad spirits and keep them away from the deceased. After the deceased been burning and cremating there is still another step which is called Panca Karmendria or five major sin that people do. The Panca Karmendria is consist of: Padendria (sin that coming from our path of life), Payundria (sin that coming from our food in life), Panendria (sin from our hand created), Upastenindia (sin from our sexual behavior), and Wakindriya (sin from our speech or our mouth). The ceremony to “recap” those sins is called as “Nyekah”. The result of “Nyekah” will become the report whether he or she to be reincarnated or not which is called asKarma Wasana. Why did the procession of Ngaben not reciprocal?

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Ritual of Ngaben

Balinese Ngaben Ceremony or Cremation Ceremony, is the ritual performed in Bali to send the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased will be placed as if sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping. No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily not present and will reincarnate or find his final rest in Moksha (freeing from the reincarnation and death cycle).

On the day of the ceremony, the body of the deceased is placed inside a coffin. This coffin is placed inside a sarcophagus resembling a buffalo (Lembu) or in a temple structure (Wadah) made of paper and wood. The buffalo or temple structure will be carried to the cremation site in a procession. The procession of Ngaben is not walking in a straight line. This is to confuse bad spirits and keep them away from the deceased.

After the deceased been burning and cremating there is still another step which is called Panca Karmendria or five major sin that people do. The Panca Karmendria is consist of: Padendria (sin that coming from our path of life), Payundria (sin that coming from our food in life), Panendria (sin from our hand created), Upastenindia (sin from our sexual behavior), and Wakindriya (sin from our speech or our mouth). The ceremony to “recap” those sins is called as “Nyekah”. The result of “Nyekah” will become the report whether he or she to be reincarnated or not which is called as Karma Wasana.

Why did the procession of Ngaben not reciprocal?

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