In the way of death, there is no definite provision against a person, no favoritism, no difference was rich or poor, everything will go towards the future in accordance with the will of the time of death. So, death is a necessity of human life which each tribe and customs have their own ordinances to give her last homage as a human being who has a cultural civilization.
Hinduism is a religion that affect the formation of ritual cremation in Bali. But the cremation is different from India's culture. Ngaben ceremony this is one of the main ceremony for the Balinese people, so Ngaben an obligatory ritual performed when someone dies. Balinese people think that death means the relationship with the real world has been broken, he said to go back to heaven or to the netherworld. God, the creator of births and deaths are authorized to determine the status of the age limit, which can not be predicted by humans, the exact time when someone passed away into the afterlife.
Ngaben derived from the word Beya. Beya means the provision, which is a type upakara required in the cremation ceremony. Beya word which means lunch, then in the Indonesian language to be charged or prabeya in bali. People who hold Beya in bali called meyanin. Ngaben said, meyanin, has become the standard language, to name but sawa wedhana ceremony. So really no longer need to be debated origin of that word. What is clear is cremation or meyanin solemnization to sawa for people who have died.
So not too long hindered the departure of Atma, rough body needs to speed up the process of the return ceremony, to its source in nature, namely Panca mahabhuta. Similarly, for the Atman it need a ceremony to go into nature pitra and decided attachment to the body ballpark. This process is called Ngaben. If the ceremony Ngaben not implemented within a period of time, the body would be roughly germs, called bhuta cuwil, so atma will get hell.
This picture shows a priests gave banten over the corpse before it was burned
