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Dancing for Puputan memory

Dancing for Puputan memory

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Premium (World), Bangkok

Dancing for Puputan memory

One of the bloodiest events in Balinese history occurred in Denpasar on September 20th, 1906, when the raja of Badung (the southern regency in Bali), Gusti Gede Ngurah came to the conclusion, that his court could no longer suffer under Dutch rule and ordered a mass suicide, the ritual puputan.
The two young ladies are dancing annually celebrating the memory of the ritual suicide.
Residents of Badung and Denpasar commemorated the 102nd anniversary of Puputan Badung, a bloody battle between Balinese warriors and the Dutch military expedition, in a three-day cultural festival that ended Saturday. Held by the Denpasar administration at Puputan Badung Square.

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