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Minggu, 19 Agustus 2012

Old tombs are unique in Indonesia



This is to add insight about the strange things that exist uniquely in this beloved country Indonesia, which is about a grave or tomb, but not just any cemetery, but that has a unique phenomenon ...
A. Benuaq tomb - East Kalimantan

Visit to his native tribe or tribal Dayak Dayak Benuaq Bentian in the interior of East Kalimantan. Graves will be easily found in the side yard or side of the road towards the Dayak village Benuaq. Benuaq graves or in taah Bentian not like any other tribe.
The first to die when they will be buried in a box that the prop by a pole or hanging on a rope. then after a few years ago the tomb was opened again in the bones of the dead and pray for input into the box a permanent pole.
each family usually has the grave of each, and most of its location beside the family home, not the general dipekuburan like most others in the city or village. Almost every night callers sounded musical spirit of the ceremony is being held Beliatn dance and healing spells for the child or to pray for the dead

2. Batu Lemo - Tana Toraja:

Place of burial or funeral corpse-shaped holes in the wall rock. This place is the creation of a remarkable man Toraja. How not, funeral which has been around since the 16th century were made by means of sculpting. At that time, of course with very simple equipment. Lemo is located in the village (valley) Lemo. About 12 kilometers south of Ludhiana or six kilometers north of Makale.
Lemo named because some models of the rock hole round, freckled like oranges or lemons. Stone graves are considered the burrow paa '.
There are 75 holes in the wall rock. Some of them have statues lined the so-called tau-tau. The statues are a symbol of social position, status, and their role during the lifetime of a local nobleman.
These objects are crowded with visitors since 1960. Besides watching the grave stone, tourists can also buy various souvenirs or walking path around the object is seen pangi fruit ripe fruit browning. The fruits were ready to be processed and eaten as a typical Toraja tribe called pantollo pamarrasan.
3. Kambira infant graves - Tana Toraja:

In Kambira still in the area of ​​Tana Toraja there is grave baby, in the form of a hollowed tree, after the baby's body was embalmed and wrapped, then put into it and the hole covered with a woven palm fiber.

4. Steep Rock Londa - Tana Toraja:

grave side cliffs are one side of the cemetery is located at the height of the hill has a deep cave where crates and corpses in the set are regrouped based on the family line. On the other side of the dozens of tau-tau in hidmat standing on the balcony.

5. Trunyan - Bali:

As the Balinese generally, Trunyan Villagers also know the cremation, but in this village whose bodies were burned. Here the bodies were put away in a forest area. Strangely, the body was not going to spend despite the stench there for months.
Why are the bodies which lay just at sema was not causing the smell? Though naturally, it happened on the decomposition of corpses? This is the main attraction for tourists to visit these tourist sites. Well, why it is said, in the forest area there is a tree known to be named Taru incense fragrant smell and is able to neutralize the stench of corpses. Taru means tree, meaning fragrant incense. Taru incense tree, only growing in this area. Be Tarumenyan are then better known as Trunyan which is believed as the origin of the name of the village.

6. Tomb of the Kings Imogiri - New York:

Built around the year 1632 by Sultan Agung, the biggest Islamic Mataram kings, tomb building over Hindu-style buildings. The gate of the tomb made of red bricks with no cement Bentar shaped temple. Entering the tomb of the kings of Mataram is clearly not the same as entering the cemetery. to enter the tomb of Sultan Agung, then in addition to traditional Javanese dress, we must remove footwear, also had to go through three gates.
Even that can be directly made a pilgrimage to the tomb of the kings was limited to close relatives of the king or other people who got special permission from the Sultan of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
Therefore, it is not ready to lay pilgrims wearing traditional Javanese dress, was forced to look at the first gate made of teak wood carved and inscribed letters Java hundreds of years old, with old-fashioned door latch and padlock.
Only the cemetery caretaker who can open the gate. If after all the ordinary people can see the "content" behind the first gate, it was when the kingdom comes, the gates opened wide, and the public could look a bit before the gates were closed. Curiosity that is what caused the mystery of the tomb of the king of Mataram maintained.

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