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PETULU VILLAGE S
it in the Northern area of Ubud, Petulu ‘The Village of White Herons’ is so serene and calm, you would never expect it was once as a place of massacre. During the mid 60’s, Indonesia suffered from one of the worst genocides ever conducted. All the suspected members of Indonesian Communist Party
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were slaughtered. A total of 5% Indonesian population lost their lives at that dark era, including Balinese people. On the last week of October 1965, the survivors in Petulu village decided to hold a grand ceremony in order to get rid of all the negativity and restore the spiritual balance