Funeral Ceremony : Ngaben II
The funeral processions started few minutes after 12 midday. Balinese have their own timing in their tradition. There is almost never happen that funeral starts before midday. The deceased was the lady who passed away in her 102 years old. She had big family. She passed away two days before the funeral. And the family apply sort of like cream to preserve the body before the priest decide good day to conduct ceremony. When I was there, people were all dressed up in Kebaya. The men were usually in dark shirt and Balinese sarong. For funeral, they told me that it is inappropriate to have light color waistband. Dark and other dark colors are acceptable. Few minutes after 12 pm, the people started. The body was moved from ‘bale’ to ‘Wadah’ ( they call the decorated ‘tower’ it a transportation to different life). People told me that ‘Wadah’ could be carried by four men. But they held ceremony...
