Tusan Burning
Another outbreak of tradition-related conflict in Bali, on the demand for equal rights and obligations.
April 3, 2007
IT was yet to be pitch dark in Tusan village, Klungkung regency, Bali, on Tuesday two weeks ago. The villagers had just observed the Hindu Holy Day of Absolute Silence or Nyepi. In his bedroom, Ida Bagus Gde Pratama was fast asleep. The next day, this first-grade pupil at the Elementary School 3 Tusan would again go to school after a holiday of four days. His parents, Ida Bagus Suwamba and Jro Made Suryani, were deeply absorbed in a chat in the s
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