Description
English version
On the shore of Lake Batur, beneath the shadow of the volcano, a village perpetuates a unique ritual, in Trunyan the dead are neither burned nor buried, they are entrusted to the open air, resting beneath a sacred tree, the Taru Menyan. Photographer and documentarian, Damien Lafon shared the daily life of this Bali Aga people, heirs to millennia old traditions, through his encounters with Wayan Cipta, guardian of memory, and Prof Ariati, an anthropologist, he reveals another way of envisaging death, not as a rupture, but as a continuity. Between travel diary and documentary narrative, this book offers a sensitive immersion in a world where death is part of life, a universal reflection on our fears, our ancestors, and the fragile balance between nature and humanity.
