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Holiday Party in Bali Results in Machete and Rock Attacks
Made Arya Kencana | February 12, 2012

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Goblok
8:51am Feb 13, 2012

The friendliness, tolerance, patience and spirituality for which the Balinese are known is a very thin veneer.

The reality is that just below the surface is grasping greed and paranoid suspicion.

Throw the easy availability of alcohol into the mix, plus the lack of the restraining influence of older, wiser heads, and you get this sort of behaviour.

It won't be long before bules are on the receiving end. Several tourists have been beaten up in local nightspots and in each case the attackers have been Balinese.

Social disintegration on a fast track.


facepalm
7:44am Feb 13, 2012

the touch paper in Bali is well and truly lit it would seem. The Balinese really need to get a hold of their emotions and learn to deal with their jealousy issues before they spiral fully out of control.

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Denpasar. A house and two cars were badly damaged in Bali’s Tabanan district on Saturday night during the latest outbreak of communal violence that has gripped the resort island in recent years.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Dekananto Eko Purwono, the Tabanan Police chief, said on Sunday that there were no injuries reported in the incident in Luwus village and that police had since restored order to the area.

He said the clash on Saturday, during celebrations to mark the Balinese Hindu holiday of Kuningan, stemmed from a party that a community group hosted at the home of a community elder.

Dekananto said a rival group was not invited to the party, which reportedly involved heavy drinking, and subsequently got upset. A confrontation then ensued in which members of the rival groups attacked each other with rocks and machetes.

“Two cars were damaged, as well as one house because of the rocks being thrown,” he said.

He added that police then intervened to break up the fight and mediate a dialogue between the heads of the rival groups.

“We’ve decided not to pursue any legal avenues yet,” he said.

Saturday’s clash was the latest in a series of similar conflicts between community groups and villages that have broken out across Bali recently. In 2011, 12 such incidents of communal violence were reported. Since 2010, police have recorded 30 clashes, most of them centering around territorial claims.

Sr. Comr. Hariyadi, the Bali Police spokesman, said these incidents were being treated as “special crimes” and would be given priority treatment.