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Old 21st February 2018, 01:54 PM   #9
David
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Originally Posted by Treeslicer
Go to whatever the Hotel Bali Beach calls itself these days, and ask them. They know who she is, all right

http://www.api.sg/main/index.php?opt...=36&Itemid=105

https://www.balidiscovery.com/messag...ge.asp?Id=9271

I'm rather surprised that anyone would carve her likeness into a keris stand, though, but it might be the sort of thing someone might sell to surfers. Until one's house washes away, of course.
Thanks for the links Treeslicer. Perhaps you didn't notice, but this room in the Bali Beach Hotel that is dedicated to Nyai Loro Kidul was built at the behest of Indonesia's first President Sukarno. Sukarno is Javanese, so this was done to suit his own belief system, not the beliefs of the Balinese people. I still maintain that it would be unlikely that a Balinese keris holder would be made in the likeness of Nyai Loro Kidul. In modern times people tend to view Indonesia as a homogenous entity, but it is indeed made up of numerous different cultures. Just because a Javanese president of the country of Indonesia created an shrine of sorts for a Javanese sea goddess in a Balinese hotel room where he had hoped to stay from time to time does not mean that she would be accepted and venerated within Balinese keris culture as well.
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