BALI SANUR HOTEL AREA

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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.