HOTELS IN BALI
SANUR AREA
The Sanur area, the beach front of Denpasar now extending
from Sanur westwards to the Suwung marshes and Serangan
island, is steeped in history. The Blanjong, written in
Sanskrit in 913, is the oldest inscription of its kind
in Bali. It tells of the founding of a Buddhist monastery.
Other traces of contact with the outside world persists
to this day. The villages of Renon, on the road to Denpasar,
and Semawang, near Sanur Beach hotel, still host a Baris
Cina dance, with warriors wearing Portuguese-like 16th
century helmets, perhaps the sign of early European contact.
Sanur was for centuries an important trading place. Nearby
Serangan island has a Moslem community of Bugis fishermen,
descendants from the famous seafaring traders of old.
But it is best known for the inland Brahmin communities
of Taman and Anggarkasih, inside elaborately gated compounds,
who are believed to use magic. These people were also
staunchly independent, and when the Dutch landed in 1906
on their way to Denpasar, they allowed the troops to pass
by peacefully, having a grudge against their own ruler,
thus avoiding the puputan tragedy.
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