"ngaben" in Sesetan village near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali


Balinese men carry a sarcophagus in the form of a water buffalo bearing a dead body inside during a procession for a cremation ceremony locally called a "ngaben" in Sesetan village near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 16, 2009.

Balinese men carry a sarcophagus in the form of a water buffalo bearing a dead body inside during a procession for a cremation ceremony locally called a "ngaben" in Sesetan village near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 16, 2009. Twenty-eight decorated sarcophagus each carrying a dead body where burned together with the deceased as part of a Balinese traditional cremation ceremony, in the belief that the fire will free the spirits and enable reincarnation of the dead.


Sarcophagus in the form of water buffalos bearing a dead body are burnt after a procession in the village of Sesetan near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 16, 2009 during a cremation ceremony locally called "ngaben". Twenty-eight decorated sarcophagus each carrying a dead body where burned together with the deceased as part of a Balinese traditional cremation ceremony, in the belief that the fire will free the spirits and enable reincarnation



A sarcophagus in the form of a water buffalo bearing a dead body is burnt after a procession in the village of Sesetan near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 16, 2009 during a cremation ceremony locally called "ngaben". Twenty-eight decorated sarcophagus each carrying a dead body where burned together with the deceased as part of a Balinese traditional cremation ceremony, in the belief that the fire will free the spirits and enable reincarnation of the dead.

Sarcophagus in the form of water buffalo bearing dead bodies are burnt after a procession in the village of Sesetan near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 16, 2009 during a cremation ceremony locally called "ngaben". Twenty-eight decorated sarcophagus each carrying a dead body where burned together with the deceased as part of a Balinese traditional cremation ceremony, in the belief that the fire will free the spirits and enable reincarnation of the dead.