Thousands of People Accompanied Cremation of King of Peliatan IX
Cremation procession of the King of Peliatan IX on Tuesday (Nov 2) ran solemnly. Thousands of people accompanied the corpse to the grave of Dalem Puri Ubud, about two kilometers from Peliatan Royal Palace. Other than relatives, a number of officials of Bali Province, Bali Police, Armed Forces, Gianyar Regency, kings of Solo and Bali up to community leaders in Bali and Gianyar in particular were also present to accompany the deceased to the cemetery.Atmosphere of the Peliatan Royal Palace and along the roads to the cemetery had been filled with thousands of residents from the early morning. Domestic and foreign tourists were also present to witness such cremation procession that had been prepared since three months ago. Cremation procession of the King of Peliatan IX was categorized to be grandiose enough throughout the implementation of the same cremation in Ubud. This could be seen from the pickup of Naga Banda paraphernalia in the procession some time ago to the clan temple of Ubud Royal Palace by using two elephants ridden by the Crown Prince, Cokorda Putra Nindia. It was then followed by vehicle of cremation in the form of bade tower with the height of 25.5 meters and a weight of 10 tons as well as bull sarcophagus with the height of 8 meters. Such height caused the electrical cable along the road passed through to be temporarily disconnected.
The whole procession of cremation started from the morning. Procession was performed in the semanggen (where the corpse laid down) and in the ritual paraphernalia in the form of bade tower and bull sarcophagus. Then, the Naga Banda (dragon) that previously placed at the semanggen was then taken out, followed by raising the body to bade tower through bamboo stairs. Furthermore, the Naga Banda symbolized the escort of the spirit of the King of Peliatan IX where the bowing procession was carried out by Ida Pedanda Nabe Geria Peling Padang Tegal, Ubud.
In the meantime, procession of the corpse’s departure was preceded by spiritual road clearing-way, then Angklung gamelan orchestra, pengawin, ritual oblations, tetukon (symbol of the body), checkered baris dance, palanquin, kaki patuk nini semprit, white bull sarcophagus, dragon, and finally the bade tower. Such convoy reached hundreds of thousands of people.Elder figures of the Peliatan Royal Palace, Cokorda Putra Nindia, on the sidelines of the cremation procession, said the procession involved 34 hamlets in the subdistrict of Ubud, Tegallalang, Sukawati and Payangan amounting to approximately 7,200 people. He added that bearers of bade tower were taken from eighteen hamlets with seven shifts. They did not include the bearers of the white bull and dragon.
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