Food & CultureJune 14, 2026
Ngaben in Nusa Penida: How a Sacred Cremation Ceremony Becomes a Village Event
Ngaben in Nusa Penida is not what most visitors expect from a Balinese cremation ceremony. While mainland Bali typically cremates family by family, Nusa Penida has always done it differently — the entire village together, every five years, beneath a single bade rising more than five metres into the air. In coastal villages, the procession moves along the beach rather than through streets. This is what communal devotion looks like when an entire island says goodbye to its people at once.
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