Ketut Wiana: "New tradition is needed in ngaben"

At the time of the New Order regime, when Bali was better known as a place where tourists found their heaven, Ketut Wiana had the audacity to level savage criticism at then President Suharto. He told an interviewer from a Jakarta magazine that, from the Hindu perspective, Suharto had better resign. "I was scolded mercilessly by friends in Bali who feared that what I had done could damage relations between Suharto and Balinese Hindu foll

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