Picture 1
The Young Balinesse Participating in Funeral Ceremony
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.
Picture 2The 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.
Picture 3Preparation for Ngreka
Picture 4Preparation Before Bringing the cofin to the SETRA (Grave)
Picture 5The Family Burying Bodies
Picture 6The Family Look So Sad
Picture 7A Part of Ceremony
Picture 8Hole for burying bodies
Picture 9The bodies already in graveyard
Picture 10Symbol of bodies is burned
Picture 11Preparation to bring bodies to graveyard (SETRA)
Picture 12The family is Playing Cards, small gambling only for fun!
Picture 13Singing for Spirit
Picture 14Playing "Angklung"
Picture 15The 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.
