Tag: Culture, Death, Religion, Rites of passage, Rituals, Sita van Bemmelen
The Unsettling Proximity of Death on Bali: Fierce Fire and Cool Bones
By: Sita van Bemmelen The first time I witnessed a ritual washing of the corpse, it was a rather confrontational experience. However, that was not the only time, I...
The Unsettling Proximity of Death on Bali: The Ritual Washing of the Corpse
By: Sita van Bemmelen Death is a neat affair in the Netherlands, the country where I come from. The only and last relative that I have seen laid in state at home was...
