Looking from the #PuputanMonument to the #Klungkung Royal Palace it’s hard to realise that only about 15% remains after Dutch destruction after the 1908 invasion: the public justice hall, a floating pavilion in a lake, and the gateway from the outer courtyard into the next part of three palace.

Inside the #Klungkung #PuputanMonument is a statue of the royal family who led the puputan + dioramas: “the people generally liked to look after animals”, the 1st “very cruel” king, the “golden age” of “culture & civilisation”, then the invasions by “The Company” (the Dutch) that led to the puputan…

Day visit to #Klungkung (#Semarapura). The #KandiPatSare at the crossroads, the #PuputanMonument (1992) behind: when the Dutch invaded in 1908 in overwhelming numbers to complete their conquest of Bali, the 200-strong court performed a puputan, an honourable fight to the last blood, a ritual suicide