Danau Batur
Volcanic crater lake ringed by mountains, its far shore holding a village with an ancient open-air burial custom.
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This guide to Danau Batur in Bali crosses to Trunyan, a fishing village on the far shore where married villagers are washed and set out in open bamboo cages instead of being buried or cremated. It explores the sacred tree locals credit with erasing the smell of decay, and the boundary of who is honored this way and who is not. The guide also traces the lake's volcanic origins and the Bali Aga people's claim to traditions predating Hindu Bali on the island.
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