Tradition of torn corpse Enduring in Banjar Buruan

       

          GIANYAR, Bali - "The bodies are being worked on was torn apart by citizens using the teeth, there is also a hand-made.

Upon arriving at the river near the cemetery, ripper release the bodies of the palanquin to be mocked. Brought to run here and there. Once exhausted, then cremated the bodies, "said I Ketut Darta, after the tradition of the line ngarap corpse, Sunday (11/30/2014) morning.

           The man who served as Department and Indigenous Kelian Banjar Buruan, Village Sukawati, Gianyar, say, implementation of these traditions is done every resident who held personally cremation ritual.

     "Here there is a system of collective cremation and private cremation. It could be the person who died was buried. But surely it must also comply with the good. If there is no good day to bury the bodies, it must direct cremation or private cremation. At this private cremation , tradition of ngarap done, "he said friendly.

  Ketut Darta said, there is no written literature that explains about the existence of tradition.

           However, according to the narrative of the elders in Banjar Buruan, tradition arose because in ancient times before formalin, each corpse smell was overpowering.

To the extent that people can not bring to the cemetery. Because of these circumstances, the idea to forget the stench, parading manners while playing the corpse.

     "In order not to ngadek (smelt) stench while parading, so ngarap (playing a corpse)," said retired elementary school teacher Sukawati the country.

Men who had served as kelian since 2009, said when of ngarap, people do not look caste.
If they use a system of personalized cremation ceremony Yadnya Pitra, remains to be treated equally.

     "But if stakeholders or Sulinggih, we use a trick so that people do not of ngarap. The trick is to hold a ritual mekingsan gni ring. Otherwise the problem could be worse," he said.

              Foreign Residents Without Conscious Can ganged

         Kelian who led 240 households (families) said, which may participate in ngarak tradition only local residents.

If there are people outside who participated, fatal consequences. Because unconsciously, the masses will gang up on him.

         Ngarak Tradition of is now slightly passable. In the 1980s, the corpse until removed from the kaput.

To anticipate it again, the family and the bodies of soldiers Banjar coat with lots of wrapping. Among them, mats, cloth, tied a chain width of 5 cm, and wrapped again wear mats, cloth and tied again using a chain of 3 cm.

      "Pengaputan (wrap) also to prevent people from disease. Who knows when I was alive, the body has an infectious disease," said the man born December 31, 1948 .

Local youth, I Ketut Rudita (29) claimed to love to tear the bodies of the dead using his teeth.

He said there was no sense whatsoever when biting a corpse.

        "Nothing special really. Because when doing it, I was semi-conscious," he said.