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Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

Friday 13 June 2014 17:02 BST

Two Tengananese men fight each other using thorny pandanus leaves in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem. One of the rituals during the ceremony is a Pandanus War or 'Mekare Kare', where two Tengananese men duel using thorny pandanus as their weapo

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In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Two Tengananese men fight each other using thorny pandanus leaves in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem. One of the rituals during the ceremony is a Pandanus War or 'Mekare Kare', where two Tengananese men duel using thorny pandanus as their weapon

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Tengananese man carries thorny pandanus leaves during a pandanus war ritual in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Tengananese adolescents fetch holy water from the springs before the pandanus war ritual begins in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem. Every year Tengananese people in the island of Bali celebrate a month-full ceremony called 'Usabha Sambah', to demonstrate respect to the God Indra, the Hindu god of war

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Tengananese girls play on a traditional ferris wheel before the Pandanus War ritual in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Tengananese adolescents walk to the village after fetch holy water from the springs before the pandanus war ritual begins in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Participants in costumes hold traditional umbrellas during the opening of the 36th Bali International Arts Festival in Denpasar

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Balinese dancers take part in a parade to mark the opening of an annual Bali Art Festival in Denpasar. Bali Art Festival features hundreds of local and international performers

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Indonesian dancers in traditional outfit perform during a parade to mark the Bali Arts Festival in Bali

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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Balinese Women dancers prepare their costumes before taking part in a parade for the opening of the Bali International Arts Festival in Denpasar

In pictures: Bali celebrates festival of arts and war

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A boy installs leaves on his head as he prepare before taking part in a parade for the opening of the Bali International Arts Festivalon in Denpasar

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