Caption

The mortal remains of a deceased person are placed in an animal sarcophagus (wadha) during the ngaben ceremony and then cremated. Wadah, the vehicle, the sacred magnificent animal, is the vehicle used to transport the soul of the deceased to the spirit realm, Ngaben ceremony, Gianyar, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Date

Sep 22, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Peter Fischer

Reference

BRK25M30_059

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,2Mb (5,1Mb) / 18,7in x 12,5in / 5616 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

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