Puri Pemecutan: Am up in the pedandas’ pavilion in the holy enclosure at Puri Pemecutan, plucked out of the crowd by my big love the Tjokorda himself. The row of nobles on the platform—alive with gold leaf and red rose spirit effigies—includes the Dewa Agung from Klungkung and the Tjokorda princes of Tabanan and Grenceng. The mayor of Denpasar (Tjokarda Mengwi) and the panglima just performed very orba sungkem/nintik at the Tjokorda’s mother’s padma effigy. The two ‘rajas’, ancient enemies, then embraced in the Dutch way. It was very very moving.
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