
But before we go to Besakih, it is worth also to visit Klungkung. There are monument of Puputan Klungkung (as a remembrance of fight until death between the local kingdom of Klungkung against the colinialist Dutch), Hall of Justice or Kerta Gosa and the Museum. The Hall of Justice served like a court in the early 1900. It is a small hall of approximately 4×4 meters with wooden chairs in the middle of the hall. These were the seat of king, priest, and Dutch controller who decided what would be the punishment for the convict? On the hall ceiling you will see many Balinese traditional painting with Kamasan style. The theme of paintings are mostly life after death (especially scene of hell with many types of punihsment given to the sinful souls according to the bad thing they did in their past life) taken from the story of Bima Swarga and Tantri (Tantri is a long story with many stories inside it like the Arabian night tales). I think this painting somehow would create a shock therapy to the convict? to confess any kind of bad deeds s/he committed.

Finishing our visit to Besakih temple, you will continue to Bat Cave Temple and Tenganan Village. Gua Lawah or the Bat Cave temple is a temple built just outside a cave where hundreds of bats flying and hanging on the cave wall. The legend says the tunnel of the cave ends up at the slope of Mount Agung. But there is no prove to it.
The Tenganan village is a village where the Bali Aga (or the original inhabitant of Bali) lives. They have their own society system, art and culture. The local people of Bali Aga produce a kind of beautiful hand woven cloth called tenun ikat. This can be a very special souvenir to get from Bali.

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