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Noble Cremation in Ubud

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 by ablteam

Date : March 1st, 2006
Venue : Tunon Ubud ( between Ubud Palace and Wantilan)

Morning is about 09.00 o’clock, Ubud is cloudy and drizzling. Traffic is not busy but two Fire Brigade Trucks park near by venue. In the meantime two “Bade”, which have 9 stories, will carry the dead body to cemetery and two “Lembu” (black-fat-bull) - used for cremating the dead body in the cemetery. Bade and Lembu are purified by “Mangku” and some women sprinkle holy water.

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