The only village in the world that has dead people died in bamboo cages for self-decomposition
Instead of burying or cremating the dead, people in the remote village of Trunyan on Bali island, Indonesia, placed the bodies in a bamboo cage, dried in the sun until completely decomposed.
In the village of Trunyan , in remote Bali of Indonesia, people here have extremely strange and haunting practices.When a person in the village dies, they will transport the corpse by boat to Lake Batur to the Trunyan graveyard to . expose the body.
Trunyan is the only village on Bali island with this peculiar practice.Only married people will be "honored" in this way, while unmarried people will be buried in a separate graveyard near the village.
The bodies of the dead will be brought to this graveyard by boat, washed clean with rainwater, dressed in their heads to expose their heads and placed in bamboo cages, exposed to the hot sun in Bali.
The corpses in the cage are placed near the base of Taru Menyan tree - a special plant, giving off a scent that can overwhelm the strong smell of death in the graveyard.
When the corpses are completely decomposed, people will "reclaim" by taking the skull of the dead, placed on the altar of stone under the holy tree in the graveyard.The remaining bone will be removed from the cage, giving way to another deceased person.
Usually, only men are allowed to come to this haunted graveyard.They are also people changing clothes, bathing corpses and "tombs" whenever new people die.
If the women in the village deliberately come here, it is believed that the village of Trunyan will suffer from the horrific natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes.
The custom of dead bodies in Bali also has similarities with the digging of dead bodies, bathing and bringing home to the homes of the Toraja tribe in the area of southern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
These two horrifying customs are to honor those who die, expressing gratitude and love of reverence with their ancestors.
In Bali, not only do the bodies of the deceased to honor, residents here also have strange traditional festivals like Brutuk.
Brutuk festival usually lasts 3 consecutive days, starting from noon to 5 pm.Only young men can participate in this festival, they must lock themselves "clean" themselves for 42 days, before being started.
Young people will wrap dried banana leaves on them, running around the temple to honor the traditional mascot of Barong lion.
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