Setra Ari-ari: The Placenta Graveyard
Bali

Setra Ari-ari: The Placenta Graveyard

Photo by Edward Speirs A unique custom takes place in one of Bali’s mountain villages, whereby the placentas of newborn babies are placed inside coconuts and hung on trees. Setra Ari-ari, or the placenta graveyard, is certainly one of Kintamani’s more obscure destinations. Bayung Gede village is neatly tucked into one of the gaping valleys […]