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Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday.
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DENPASAR - Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday. “We received a report about this case from the health ministry yesterday and officials will be visiting tattoo parlours today to verify
this claim,” Bali health department chief Nyoman Sutedja told AFP. “At this point, we are still investigating. We can’t say for sure if the
patient caught the virus from getting a tattoo or sexual contact,” he added. There are currently 4,200 HIV/ AIDS cases on Bali, Sutedja said. Australian health authorities on Friday said a patient diagnosed with HIV probably contracted the virus while being tattooed on the island. They did not reveal any details of the individual concerned. More than
a million tourists visit Bali every year to enjoy its white, surf beaches, nightlife and Hindu culture. Indonesian officials said last year that the number of known HIV/ AIDS cases on Bali was soaring, with one in four prostitutes reported to be HIV-positive and the number of infections jumping almost 19 percent from the year before.
Year’s End Note for Balinese Art
Need more creative space The creative process need to be given the biggest space in order to develop Balinese art and culture. By the availability of the rooms to do creative process, there is great hope that more art works will be produced. How much the space for the creative process available in 2011 and what is the hope for 2012, here is the report.
Long time ago, many karawitan arts, dances or traditional Balinese performances were born by the process of the creation in Bale Banjar. This was because Balai Banjar is the place to gather with all of the creative idea. An art would be created in a communal fashion. Even tough there was somebody considered as coach but actually they were filling and teaching each other. Nowadays, Balai Banjar is not as crowded as before. Even if there are people who learn to play
the traditional Balinese music or dance but the process of creativity is very rare can be found in it. The people usually learn the existing dances or music academically or somewhere else. Many artists want to return the Balai Bajar into what it is used to be. The government actually has build many building to perform but it is not to create something. There is no creativity process, creation, and the filling process among the artists. Continued on page 6