Trunyan Village Cemetery, Bali. Indonesia
I have to say Yansu, that I'm not used to
seeing dead bodies
I heard about the cemetery, one in the
middle of Bali, far off the normal trail.
They said it's shocking, and it can only be visited by boat
At it's centre....
There's a tree that gives off a wonderful scent
Legend says people came from far and
wide to smell this tree. And a man came
searching for the source and fell in love with a woman
She told him...
I'll marry you if you can hide the smell (Whispers)
I'll be yours if you can hide the smell (Whispers)
So.. You you can smell the bodies
That's... that's the smell of
dead bodies
Yeah. When you smell a dead
normally it's really really strong, yeah?
Look at the skulls
I doesn't smell inside.. which is the the tree? This one here?
and so before the dead bodies were here
you could smell a really sweet smell and
because people are coming from all over
just to see what the source of the
smell was, they put dead bodies.
Dead bodoes to naturalize the beautiful smell
As far as they know this is the only one on the
planet, So they say.
Oh, and here are the bodies.
Whatever they use in their life, so they
will bring it here with the dead.
As a gift and then we believe in the other
life they will still use it
So these were their possessions...
Yes, because we believe they will still use it
in the afterlife
So, how old are some of these?
This is the newest.
I have to say Yansu, I'm not used to seeing dead bodies
or smelling dead bodies.
In North America we protect ourselves from seeing the dead.
We hide from it.
And this is very real...
For Hindus, like yourself,
death isn't that big of a deal right?
because you're coming back, you're being
reincarnated anyway right?
So I guess if you don't think that this
life is the only life you have, and death
is your real death then this isn't that
big a deal because you're coming back in
a new body anyway. This is just one version of
yourself.
Just to recap this is our famous Terumanyan tree,
and actually if you stand beside it,
you don't smell anything...
It's... I don't know what to say about that.
It's incredible actually
There are 11 cages behind me,
Each one and has a body inside.
When a new one is brought here, they take the oldest out.
Their skull goes up on the wall and the newest takes their spot
Ahh, so you have to die of
natural causes, you have to be married
because that's one of the big purposes
in life
yes and then you can be placed here
and if you are not married
even your old even your 60 or 50 but not
married then will be placed at a place
because you believe that life is not
complete unless you're married.
So is any of your family here?
Yes of course. My Grandfather is here.
Everyone from the village, we hope to be placed here
It means that we have completed our life.
So Yansu was saying it's a bit like the Hall of Fame,
Where if you die of natural causes it's an honor to
be put in one of the cages
But if you die from a wound or maybe you get killed
by a car or something. You don't actually
get put in one of the cages you go to
another cemetery.
I think one of the most important things in life is
understanding that you're going to die.
Yeah, and we ignore it so much.
If you understand that really everything you do
in your life doesn't really matter
because you're going to die and all the
other stresses might not be so important
because eventually you're going to end
up with this anyway.
Did they end up getting married? The guy and the girl?
Happy ending to the story at least.
Alright! We are in Yansu's grandparents house enjoying
some fried fish chips and some fried
rice and some Bali coffee
So the grave yard experience made
me feel pretty uncomfortable
How'd it make you feel?
Nothing. No big deal.
It's it crazy that I think it's a super
big deal that it's a one of the craziest
things I've seen but for people here
it's not a big deal at all
that's why i love travel.
Actually I saw
the cemetery and i was looking at
message boards and found his contact i
put it below if you're gonna come here
please contact him because I had an
awesome time today and I can guarantee
that he will make you have an awesome time here too
experience or possessions kick the grind
and i'll catch you guys later
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