Uncomfortable but Necessary

ALL of a sudden, the palms of I Made Djimat, 57, were tightly clasped like those of a person doing his sungkem (showing respect in the Javanese way by kneeling and pressing one's head to another person's knees). "Durusang medal… (please)," he said. Then he replaced the penasar mask (for a court servant) that he was wearing with that of the alusan mask, which is usually worn for the role of a king. And the king entered. That afte

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