Balinesse Simple Funeral Ceremony (Pitra Yadnya)

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The Young Balinesse Participating in Funeral Ceremony

Balinesse simple funeral ceremony, or we called it PITRA Yadnya. It is a way of Balinesse to respect their family who passed away.
I Just want to show you, the SIMPLE BALINESSE FUNERAL CEREMONY, on these picture. Sometimes people who doesn't understand what is the main point of PITRA YADNYA, think that doing this ceremony is wasting money.
Those opinion is not wrong, because normaly it spends about Rp.25.000.000 up to Rp. 45.000.000,-. It is of course too expensive for Balinesse People who life in village that their occupation only a farmer who earns not more than Rp. 1.000.000,- in a month.

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The Family is praying

But, Balinesse culture is really flexible. If the money is not enough for normal/midle of Pitra Yadnya ceremony, it can put ceremony into "Nista" or lower class of ceremony which is more simple and less in spending money.

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Preparation for Ngreka

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Preparation Before Bringing the cofin to the SETRA (Grave)

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The Family Burying Bodies

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The Family Look So Sad

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A Part of Ceremony

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Hole for burying bodies

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The bodies already in graveyard

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Symbol of bodies is burned

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Preparation to bring bodies to graveyard (SETRA)

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The family is Playing Cards, small gambling only for fun!

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Singing for Spirit

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Playing "Angklung"

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The Bodies ready to be bring into graveyard

May be it is wise to consider about economic view in running Yadnya (Sacrifice). Balinese people should realize, that the yadnya is done it should bring happiness, not the debt that suffering came.

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