Balinese Social Investment in Death: Social Construction Perspective on Grave Conflict in Bali

This study aims to raise the phenomenon of traditional village conflicts based on over graves. Graves become meaningful for Balinese people. people have be buried in community because it is recorded as manner where they are and wherever migrate. uses a qualitative method that took place Gianyar Regency. research produces several significant results. First, social investment model its existence an indigenous consists two forms: institutions, this case, Pakraman or village, model. Second, death has profound meaning people, not only seen loss one families world but also interpreted emergence new obligation form ancestral must paid when someone dies. The person concerned considered ancestor, dies, he/she ancestor. Thus ancestors (Pitra Rna) shall carried out by relatives left behind. Third, context society, graves bury corpses religious cosmic related series ceremonies at temples, which society called Kayangan Tiga. finds concepts conflict-based constructions differ from construction issued Peter Berger.