Debus

I first heard about the Debus on a trip to Jakarta many years ago before the internet was around. A guide told me about some people that performed magic and he had witnessed a performance where bats flew out of one of the performers mouth. He had no explanation and at the time the idea was not in my belief system but I was listening to the guide anyway as I had seen many things that I had no explanation for as well.

No we can search the internet and see the photos and films of these people performing. But the film will never be the same as actual witnessing. Looking at photos of the Eiffel Tower is not the same experience as actual being there.

I watched some of the Debus when they came to Bali, where I took this photograph.

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