Trunyan
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thumb|right|The isolated Bali Aga village of Trunyan on the eastern shore of Lake Batur at the foot of Mount Abang. Trunyan (Balinese: ᬢ᭄ᬭᬸᬜᬦ᭄) or Terunyan is a Balinese village (banjar) located on the eastern shore of Lake Batur, a caldera lake in Bangli Regency, central Bali, Indonesia. The village is one of the most notable homes of the Bali Aga people, the others being the villages of Tenganan and Sambiran. Trunyan is notable for its peculiar treatment of dead bodies, in which they are placed openly on the ground, simply covered with cloth and bamboo canopies, and left to decompose. The in
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- Official name
- Desa Terunyan
- Elevation
- 1427
- Image
- Trunyan 200507.jpg
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- kampungkb.bkkbn.go.id/kampung/63459
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- Trunyan
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 5106040022
- name
- Terunyan
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- Volcano god Bhatara Da Tonta
- Barong Brutuk
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thumb|right|The isolated Bali Aga village of Trunyan on the eastern shore of Lake Batur at the foot of Mount Abang. Trunyan (Balinese: ᬢ᭄ᬭᬸᬜᬦ᭄) or Terunyan is a Balinese village (banjar) located on the eastern shore of Lake Batur, a caldera lake in Bangli Regency, central Bali, Indonesia. The village is one of the most notable homes of the Bali Aga people, the others being the villages of Tenganan and Sambiran. Trunyan is notable for its peculiar treatment of dead bodies, in which they are placed openly on the ground, simply covered with cloth and bamboo canopies, and left to decompose. The influence of a nearby tree is said to remove the putrid smell of the corpses.
==Description== Trunyan is one of the culturally isolated Bali Aga villages in Bali. Trunyan village is located on the isolated eastern shore of the crescent-shaped Lake Batur, at the foot of Mount Abang, a peak on the eastern rim of the large caldera. The village is most easily accessible by boat.