In Reply to: largest cremation ceremony in 100 yrs posted by kathryn on Tuesday, 31. August 1999 at 13:10 Bali Time:
The last of the "largest" cremations in Bali for 100 years took place in Ubud around 1979...for the dead king of Ubud at the time. I was there and I've seen lots since, but nothing to compare with that one.
I think your driver is having a lend of you...ask him again and look him straight in the eye when you do, and I'll think you'll find that he's just drumming up business for himself and his relatives. Nothing particularly wrong with that, but it's just not true!