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Welcome back to Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia, which introduces Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in Indonesian language. Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia is a collaboration between Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research & Technology. Today’s topic is “Di Bali”which means “In Bali.”

Here is a conversation about “Ngaben adalah upacara pembakaran jenazah” which means “Ngaben is a cremation ceremony”. The conversation is between Chris, a vlogger from Australia, who was talking to a hostel owner when a Ngaben parade is passing through in front of the hostel and to a temple. The hostel owner explained the meaning of the Ngaben ceremony to Chris.

Chris (P)                  : Ramai sekali  pura di sana. Ada acara apa?

Pemilik Hostel  (W)  : Ada ngaben, Pak.

Chris (P)                   : Ngaben? Acara apa itu?

Pemilik Hostel  (W)  : Ngaben adalah upacara pembakaran jenazah umat Hindu Bali.

Here are some vocabulary and expressions related to today’s topic “Ngaben adalah upacara pembakaran jenazah” which means “Ngaben is a cremation ceremony”.

In this conversation, there is the expression “Ngaben adalah upacara pembakaran jenazah umat Hindu di Bali” which means “Ngaben is a Hindu people’s cremation ceremony in Bali”. In the expression, there is the word ”adalah” which means “be” similar to “is, am, are, was, were, been”. The word ”adalah” which means “be” marks a definition or meaning of something. Therefore, in the sentence, the word ”adalah” which means “be” connects the word “ngaben” with its definition, namely ”upacara pembakaran jenazah umat Hindu di Bali” which means “a Hindu people’s cremation ceremony in Bali”.

Here is another use of the word ”adalah” which means “be” to define something.

Jenazah adalah tubuh orang yang sudah meninggal which means Corpse is a dead man’s body  

Umat adalah para pengikut suatu agama which means Umat is a follower of a religion.

One of Bali’s tourist landmarks is”pura” which means “Hindus temple” or simply “temple”.”Pura” is a worship place for Hindus. You can find a lot of”pura” which means “temple” in Bali with distinct structures and ornaments.