https://www.scmp.com/rss/502953/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Blood splatters onto the wooden platform from one of the 400 Bali Aga men fighting at the Makare-kare. Known abroad as the pandan wars, the ritual sees men of all ages engage in combat in honour of the war god Indra, and is the highlight of a traditional harvest festival on the Indonesian island of Bali. “The Bali Aga are the descendants of the Bedahulu kingdom,” says Ketut Pancawan, a fifty-something-year-old member of Tenganan’s patrimonial tribal council. “After the Javanese conquest of Bali... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3047358/ritual-combat-camera-drone-era-indigenous-tribe-bali-aga?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3047358/ritual-combat-camera-drone-era-indigenous-tribe-bali-aga?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:00:10 +0000