It’s better to see the puputan as a last act of resistance rather than one of despair, says Magaret Weiner, author of Visible and Invisible Realms: Power, Magic and Colonial Conquests. “Suicide is very negative in Bali. This isn’t suicidal, it’s a fight to the death. It’s determination.”
Whole article at https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/suicide-or-servitude-heres-when-they-chose-suicide-in-bali/85038/.
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