Ngaben

The Biggest Ceremony in Bali

Ngaben or the Cremation Ceremony is the ritual performed to send the dead through the transition to his next life. The body of the deceased will be placed at Bale Delod, as if he were sleeping, and the family will continue to treat him as if he were still alive yet sleeping. No tears are shed, for he is only gone temporarily and he will reincarnate into the family.