burial of a corpse (NGABEN) from bali

Cremation was formerly held, first rangkain Yajna Pitra held Cremation cremation procession one of them aiming to purify the spirit is geographically people s died on. This tradition is still done orally by the Hindhu society almost all in Bali. According to Religion Hindhu especially in Bali, the human body is made up of smooth and rough body also karma.

Rugged body is composed of 5 elements i.e. solid, liquid, heat, wind and a vacuum, five elements are called Panca Maha Bhutas, at the time of this element will died five fused back to its origin, and fluffy in the form of the spirit left the body of the rough will be purified by the time the ceremony of Cremation.

And karma/the results of acts committed during life, will always be attached to and will affect to the next life and the moment reincarnation. The word Cremation comes from the word meaning a lunchbox and beya ngabu meaning, to make something ashes needed fire and in the teaching of religion a Hindhu have strength as the fire God is Brahma.

So the ceremony of Cremation itself is the process of purification of the spirit to the way burned using the fire in order to be able to go back to the creator, the personification of the God Brahma fire could burn all the filth that are attached to the bodies and spirits of people who have died. cremation ceremony is regarded as the symbolic introduction atma/soul to nature pitra or baka.

The process of the delivery of the Atman to nature pitra is the main principle usually pored over symbol called the cremation ceremony (Ngaben), this process is a first principle in the cremation ceremony of ontology. cremation ceremony held a few days after the person dies, this ceremony can be done individually, fellow one big family, one of village in accordance with a person's skill level economic, customs and traditions of the local village where the person died, so that the body of the deceased should be buried first more wait for the next few years and determine the good days that have been determined by the pastor who will lead the ceremony.

The ceremony is usually performed with a vibrant nightlife, no SOBs, because in Bali there is a belief that we should not cry over those who have died because it can inhibit the soul's journey towards her place.

the history of gopala dance in bali

Gopala was a term written in Kawi language which means cow. The shape of the dance group, and is usually performed by 4 to 8 people, son of Gopala dancers describe the behaviour of a group of cow herders in a pengembalaan field. It contains a humorous motion-motion with motion material which is a mix of Balinese dance gestures that already exist that have been developed with new motion-motion. This dance is a joint creation between I Nyoman Suarsa (dance arranger) and I Ketut Gede Asnawa (as stylist accompaniment).

Dance is a dance-themed Gopala populist who performed a group of children or adolescent Son, where the dance is done by I Nyoman Suarsa as Director of dance and I Ketut Gede Asnawa, MA as a stylist tabuh, taken from episodes of the story pragmentari: "STRI ASADHU" The work of Mother Ketut Arini, s. St. this dance was created in 1983. Gopala was a term written in Kawi language which means cow. 

gopala dance

This dance is a dance group, and is usually performed by 4 to 8 person dancer son. In the dance tells the Gopala activity carried out by the shepherd in the fields of agriculture/rice fields. All the activity of the last poured into forms of dance such as: studies of animal motion cow, mow the lawn, keep out the birds, ploughing rice paddy, rice harvest and motion, etc. related to the activity of the farmer.

The above motion in sports into a pattern of work on the new aesthetic nuance with the smell of the present. This dance movement comes to life when done with earnest and uplifting.