Terunyan is a village located in the district of Kintamani,Bangli,Indonesia.Terunyan located near lake Batur.

Funeral Traditions.

Terunyan communities have a tradition funerals where the bodies are buried on top of a large stone basin which has 7 pieces.The bodies of only line woven bamboo.

Terunyan govern the prosedures for its citizens to bury.In this village there are 3 graves(sema) that are intended for three different types of death.When one resident Terunyan died of natural causes,the body will covered with a white cloth,then laid without buried under the large tree name is Taru Menyan,at a location called Sema Wayah.

However if the cause of death is not natural,such as accident,suicide,or murdered,their body will placed an a location called Sema bantas.As for burying infants and young children or people who've grown but unmarried,will be placed in the Sema Muda.

 

 

An explanation why the bodies were placed neatly on the Sema was odorless while naturally,remains of degradation on the bodies is due to the Taru Menyan tree,which can release the fragrance and were able to neutralize the stench of the corpses.Taru means the Tree,being Menyan means fragrant.

Menyan Taru tree only grows in this area,be Tarumenyan which later became known as Terunyan is believed to be origin of the name of the village.