From Italy to Kertagosa
The Italian embassy helped with the restoration of the paintwork on the ceiling of Bale (hall) Kertagosa, in Klungkung in an effort to bring Italian and Balinese art closer together, thereby strengthening a bond already formed prior to Indonesian independence. Tempo reporter Rofiqi Hasan writes about this bond and completes it with the story of Emilio Ambron, the Italian painter who left many of his works of art to the people of Bali.
July 21, 2009
KUNTI dreamed of Pandu, her husband, and Madrim, his younger second wife: they were in a bronze cauldron ornamented with an ox head, deep inside the hell ruled by Batara Yama. It was because of this dream that Bima, one of Pandu’s five sons, was determined to free them. While on his quest, he witnessed the horrible consequences of men’s actions on earth—from tongue cutting for those who enjoy ridiculing others, to various punishments for th
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