Traditions and Ceremonies 

The Ceremony for the Dead

• Very Important Balinese Ceremony.
• Is beleived to send the dead from death to the next life.
• When there is a death, the village kul kul will sound, which hangs near the temple, to annouce it. 

Balinese Kul Kul

•   No one cries because the Balinese beleive  the dead return shortly after the ceremony.
• The deceased is placed in a coffin and is put in small temple made out of paper and  light wood.
• The small temple is then burned with fire taken from a holy source.
• Thus, the body is prepared for it's returning to the living.