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Battle party

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-28 22:01

Balinese villagers fight using thorny pandanus leaves and rattan shields during a battle party called Perang Pandan or Pandanus War in the village of Tenganan Pengringsingan, Karangasem, Bali island June 28, 2007. Tenganan Pengringsingan is home of community surviving from the pre-Hindu time, which strictly adheres to a traditional life of ritual and ceremony. [Reuters]