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The Trunyan cemetery

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Pfriemer

Premium (World), Bangkok

The Trunyan cemetery

Unlike the Balinese people, Trunyan people do not cremate or bury their dead, but just lay them out in bamboo cages to decompose, although strangely there is no stench. A macabre collection of skulls and bones lies on the stone platform and the surrounding areas. The dead bodies don't produce bad smells because of the perfumed scents from a huge Taru Menyan tree growing nearby. Taru means 'tree' and Menyan means 'nice smell'. The name of Trunyan was also derived from these two words. The women from Trunyan are prohibited from going to the cemetery when a dead body is carried there. This follows the deeply rooted belief that if a woman comes to the cemetery while a corpse is being carried there, there will be a disaster in the village, for example a landslide or a volcanic eruption. Such events have been frequent in the village's history, but whether women had anything to do with it is a matter of opinion.

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Pfriemer 25/01/2014 9:41
danke, Benita, aber die Bali-Aga Einwohner der Insel haben eine ganz eigene Kultur, die sich von der der hinduistischen Balinesen deutlich unterscheidet. Die Bali-Aga lassen ihre Toten in Bambusverschlägen verwesen. Eine goße Zeremonie findet vorher nicht statt.
Gruß Wolfgang
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Benita Sittner 24/01/2014 16:10
...aha....so sieht nach nach den heiligen Prozessionen dort aus....nicht gerade so wie man zuvor den Eindruck hat...VLG Benita
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