Sambiran Attractions
25 km (15 mi.) east of Singaraja, at the village of Pacung, a road goes off on the right to Sambiran. The people of this little village believe that they are descended from the Bali Aga, the original inhabitants of Bali; and indeed they speak a dialect which is close to Old Javanese.
A further distinctive characteristic is their method of disposing of the dead: while elsewhere on Bali (with the exception of Trunyan) the dead are cremated, the people of Sambiran throw the bodies of the dead into a gorge at some distance from the village.
There are a number of temples in the village, but all of them are modern.
A further distinctive characteristic is their method of disposing of the dead: while elsewhere on Bali (with the exception of Trunyan) the dead are cremated, the people of Sambiran throw the bodies of the dead into a gorge at some distance from the village.
There are a number of temples in the village, but all of them are modern.
