Making Peace on the Island of the Gods
People of Banjar Masean at Jembrana, Bali, exhumed a mass grave containing victims of the 1965 tragedy. It was their way of reconciling with the past.
October 4, 2016
IDA Bagus Ketut Siwa could not hold back his tears when he uncovered a leg bone in the mass grave at his hamlet, Banjar Masean, October last year. The remains belonged to victims of the 1965 massacre in Indonesia. "I feel sorry for the victims," he said.
As harrowing as it was, Siwa, who is also the kelian adat (hamlet chief) of Masean, said that it was necessary to exhume the mass grave of the alleged communist party activists. For them, it was a
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