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Traditional Pandanus Fighting in Bali

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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A woman makes an offering in her family temple in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali before the Pandanus fights. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A girl in her traditional costume and makeup in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali before the Pandanus fights. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Young women watch the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: People play a game of chance, similar to "Three Card Monty," before the Pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandamus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Men play on human powered ferris wheel and swing before the Pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandamus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A boy plays on human powered ferris wheel and swing before the Pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandamus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Young women walk to the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Combatants in the pandanus fights enter the field in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Children participating in the pandanus fights wait to fight in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A tattoo of Ganesha, a Hindu deity known as the overcomer of obstacles, on the back of a fighter at the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Participants in the pandanus fights parade to the arena in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Participants in the pandanus fights parade to the arena in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Participants in the pandanus fights taunt their opponents in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Participants in the pandanus fights taunt their opponents in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men engage in pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men engage in pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Young women watch the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men engage in pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men engage in pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men engage in pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A Hindu priest sprinkles people with holy water during the prayers after the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A drummer performs in the village temple after the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: A boy dances in the village temple after the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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