Meaning of puputan | Babel Free

Definitions

A suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.

historical

Examples

“According to their own records, the Dutch believed that the royal family had determined upon a fight to the death—another puputan—which left them with no alternative but all-out assault.”

“The puputan was both a sign to other kings of an end, and a way to achieve liberation of the soul by death in battle.”

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