NOT only bikinis make Kuta lively, but also the polang-poleng cloths that the beach-watch wear. The chessboard-patterned black-and-white attire, after the bombing of the Sari Club last year, could be seen wandering in the area of international tourists. Last years bombing of Jalan Legian Kuta, which took around 200 lives, has put the police on guard. And they have eyed the banjar for assistance.

Banjar, which means a row of houses, is the lifes h