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Mass Cremation Ceremony in Ubud

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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A man prepares a sarcophagus that was used in the mass cremation in Ubud Saturday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A man carves a piece of bamboo for a sarcophagus for the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A woman says a prayer in front of a sarcophagus that was burned in the mass cremation in Ubud Saturday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A Brahmin Hindu priest leads a prayer service before the mass cremation in Ubud Saturday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: People pray during the prayer service before the mass cremation in Ubud Saturday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A Balinese Hindu woman holds flower petals while she prays Saturday before the mass cremation. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A gamelan orchestra performs before the procession at the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Men carry the litter that will the effigy of a person cremated in the mass cremation in Ubud Saturday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Men carry a sarcophagus to the cremation site in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Children ride on a sarcophagus to the cremation site in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A boy rides on a sarcophagus to site of the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Men run up a hill carrying a sarcophagus to the cremation site in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Men run up a hill carrying a sarcophagus to the cremation site in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men slide a sarcophagus into the pyre that will burn it during the mass cremation ceremony in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A gamelan orchestra performs at the site of the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Women carry offerings to the waiting sarcophagi during the mass cremation ceremony in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men carry the effigies that represent the people being cremated into the cremation ground during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Women carry offerings to the waiting sarcophagi during the mass cremation ceremony in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men carry the effigies that represent the people being cremated into the cremation ground during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men carry the effigies that represent the people being cremated into the cremation ground during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A woman holds a picture of a man being cremated during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: People place the effigy of the person being cremated and offerings left for him into his sarcophagus at the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  People with pray over a flame taken from the funeral pyre burning a member of their family. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Flames consume a sarcophagus during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Women watch a sarcophagus burn during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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