Example sentences for: puputan

How can you use “puputan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This time the Balinese were overwhelmed and thousands were killed, some in a suicidal march towards enemy guns, a ritual death in battle known in the Balinese language as puputan.

  • Outnumbered and outgunned, Ngurah Rai and all 96 of his followers were killed in what is regarded as Bali’s last puputan.

  • The main building contains historical artifacts, ranging from a 2,200-year-old stone sarcophagus to photographs of the 1906 puputan; upstairs is a collection of day-to-day and household items.

  • The big area of grass south of Jalan Surapati is Alun-alun Puputan (Puputan Square), site of the puputan or mass suicide in 1906 of the Raja of Badung’s court (see page 19).

  • At the farthest corner of Puputan Square, you’ll find the Bali Museum (Museum Negeri Propinsi Bali).


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