Village of the Dead

Waterfall Tegenungan is close to Ubud, about a 15-minute drive away. The water here falls from a height of about 25 meters. Plus Tegenungan that it can be viewed from the top, and then descend. This waterfall - the continuation of the river 'Tukad Petani'. It is believed that the best time to visit Teganungan - late afternoon. That's when it is most beautiful and make excellent photos.

In the village there is a huge Trunyan spreading tree, under which neatly stacked bodies of the dead and the recently dried skeletons and skulls of the dead for a long time. But despite the corpses piled under the tree, the smell of decay and decomposition not. The tree is considered sacred - it destroys the smell of corpses. Those who have been in Trunyane confirm - no unpleasant odors! Mystic?! The reality is actually not such a terrifying and mysterious, as seems after the first picture. In the village lives Trunyan ancient Balinese folk who in Bali called Bali Aga. This nation is considered the most ancient and indigenous population of Bali, Bali appeared before resettlement here from Java bulk of the Hindu Majapahit Empire era. And because bali aga still observe their traditions and live gated communities, they do retain in its pure form their ancient roots. Bali aga live on their own, unlike modern Balinese, order and tradition. Firstly, they are not Hindus, and profess animism (roughly speaking, this means that they worship the spirits and animate objects and phenomena). For the funeral of members of the village they are also particularly suitable if the Balinese prefer to cremate their relatives, the bali Aga, living in the village Trunyan, simply fold the corpses of dead people under the same tree.