Ancient Village of Bali Island

2010-01-08T04:36:00.001-08:00

Trunyan village inhabited by the “Origin’s” of Bali aga with its unique cultural aspects. According to Bali deals blog this village is attainable only by motorized wooden boat from Kedisan village, crossing along Lake Batur in 30 minutes. The name of Trunyan is derived from the words “Taru” and “menyan” the smell of a fragrant tree of incense which grows in that village. The villages consider that the tree is very important because the corpses of the dead person are just laid down on the open grave under the tree and left the faces open; where as their bodies are simply covered by white clothes, surrounded by “Ancak Saji” this method of burying corpses is called “MEPASAH”.

The village of Trunyan is squeezed tightly between the lake and the outer crater rim of Batur, an almighty volcano in Kintamani. This is a Bali Aga village, inhabited by descendants of the original Balinese, the people who predate the arrival of the Hindu Majapahit kingdom in the 16th century. It is famous for the Pura Pancering Jagat temple, but unfortunately visitors are not allowed inside. There is also a couple of traditional Bali Aga-style dwellings, and a large banyan tree, which is said to be more than 1,100 years old. At Kuban sub-village close to Trunyan is a mysterious cemetery that is separated by the lake and accessible only by boat, there is no path along the steep walls of the crater rim.

Unlike the Balinese people, Trunyan people do not cremate or bury their dead, but just lay them out in bamboo cages to decompose, although strangely there is no stench. A macabre collection of skulls and bones lies on the stone platform and the surrounding areas. The dead bodies don't produce bad smells because of the perfumed scents from a huge Taru Menyan tree growing nearby. Taru means 'tree' and Menyan means 'nice smell'. The name of Trunyan was also derived from these two words. The women from Trunyan are prohibited from going to the cemetery when a dead body is carried there. This follows the deeply rooted belief that if a woman comes to the cemetery while a corpse is being carried there, there will be a disaster in the village, for example a landslide or a volcanic eruption. Such events have been frequent in the village's history, but whether women had anything to do with it is a matter of opinion.

Pueblo Trunyan Bali

2010-01-08T03:41:00.000-08:00

En la orilla oriental del lago Batur, por debajo del borde de la caldera, hay un pueblo tradicional de Bali Aga llamada aldea Trunyan. Trunyan se asocia con la antena / desgaste de la práctica funeraria exclusiva de los habitantes de Bali Aga aquí. Ellos no siguen la costumbre hindú típica de la cremación.

Si el difunto no se casó con su cuerpo es enterrado en el suelo. Si está casado entonces aéreas y entierro de la erosión se lleva a cabo cuando el cuerpo es simplemente la izquierda en una jaula de bambú en el suelo hasta que se haya descompuesto. Luego, más tarde, el esqueleto, los restos óseos se suman a los osario en un altar en forma de paso.
El sitio de entierro no está dentro de la aldea de Trunyan, pero fuera de la aldea, a unos 500 metros N,
sólo es accesible por barco.

trunyan village

Ancient Village of Bali Island

Pueblo Trunyan Bali