A Short History of Bali (Short History of Asia Series) by Robert Pringle

Author:Robert Pringle [Pringle, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Non-fiction: Travel
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Published: 2003-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

The year before Damste penned this purple passage, the Dutch steamship company began passenger service to Singaraja. The age of commercial tourism on Bali was about to begin.

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THE WORLD

DISCOVERS BALI

(1902–1942)

Then it starts suddenly, like a storm, stronger and stronger, more and more terrible, bolts of lightning, thunderclaps— all the iron bodies of the gamelans are seized by a powerful trembling, until everything suddenly breaks off in a cry of anguish—breathtaking silence! and taking up again fortissimo with chaotic gestures, hissing, splashing! . . .

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