Hi all,

I thought it was time I gave a mini report on what was one of the highlights during my trip to Ubud recently in July, the Royal cremation - 2 kings and 90 others all on one day! The smoke didn't clear for days. The float was 25 metres high (phone photo attached), the 2 bulls 10 metres high, and were carried the 1.5 km to the cremation ground by 30,000 men in relays of 400 at a time. Power and communication infrastructure between the palace and the cremation ground had to be removed for the day. Jl Raya from Campuan to near the palace became a carpark for taksi, cars and bikes (phone photo attached to next post). I have never seen so many people in Ubud! Or sarong sellers for that matter!

I don't know about this one but the next largest cremation in Ubud was about 10 years ago when 6 men with buckets of water in hand
were allocated to each roof of nearby accommodation villas to put the villas out as they caught fire.

Regards,

David

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That would have been one heck of an experience . I have seen a few smaller ceremonies in Bali but nothing anywhere near that scale.
Cheers laurs