Ngaben

[3][4][5] A Ngaben is performed to release the soul of a dead person so that it can enter the upper realm where it can wait for it to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirths.

[1][8][9] Once the families are financially ready, they select an auspicious day, make bade (coffins) to carry the dead, and announce the event in the village.

The families also make a patulangan to cremate the body in,[7] which is either a lembu (bull or mythical animal-shaped bamboo-wood-paper coffin) to burn with the dead, or a wooden wadah (temple-like structure).

[1] If the path passes through major road crossings, the coffin is rotated three times to confuse the evil residents of the lower realm.

[1][10] Twelve days after the cremation, the families collect the ashes, fill it inside coconut shell, carry it to nearby ocean or sea to return the remains back to the elements.