Rite & Traditional Custom, nominee
The Last Journey
Arthur Teng(Malaysia)

  Residents on the island of Bali believe that cremation is the last and the most important ritual for the reincarnation of the dead. The pictures show the cremation ceremony of the Ubud imperial family on Bali island.  
   
  3. The pagoda is carried to the cremation site. The people carrying the pagoda detour around every cross on the way to the cremation site to prevent the dead from finding their way back.  
   
  5. The body is placed in a bull-shaped stone coffin.  
   
  6. Cremation.  

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