Cultural Ceremony of the Death Day In Indonesia

             Among the javanese,funeral involve several activities called selamatan. The first selamatan is held on the day a member of  family dies, which is called geblag. The next slamatan is held on third day, called nelung dina, onthe seventh day called mitung dina, on the fortieth day called matang puluh dina,  on the hundredth day , called nyatus, and the thousandth day called nyewu, which is the greatest of all selamtan ceremonies. The javanese believe that after thousandth day, the spirit of the dead person is already at peace in the "other' world.

                 The Toraja people of South Sulawesi have a unique way of burying the dead. They believe that if somebody dies, they enter puya. puya is place for the dead. they also believe that how dead people go to puya must show his or her social status when he or she was alive. That is why; the funeral ceremony for a person who had a high position in the community may look like a big party or even a carnival outsiders. In tana toraja , a dead person only accepted as dead when the complete funeral has been held for him. before that , the corpse is considered to be a "sick" body and is kept in traditional house called tongkonan. this sick body is dressed and offered  food.

                   The Balinese of trunyan have a different funeral. after a morning ceremony, the dead body is put under a tree. It is not buried or burned. it is not even covered with cloth or eaves. It is amazing , although it does rot, does not smell. The place where the dead is put is near a village not far from lake kintamani.