Ida Bagus Made Jatasura

Leading Batuan teacher and artist.

Djatasura spoke Malay, despite not receiving any formal education, and had worked on a coffee plantation. Together with Ngendon, Jatasura joined the nationalist guerilla combat against the Dutch after WWII, and was subsequently captured and died in prison. This account from Geertz, confirmed by Indonesian sources) is contested by Hohn, who notes that Jatasura reported to authorities on his own free will. He was then badly beaten, and upon his release to Batuan, had a large wound to his head. He then died after he had been transported to Gianyar, having been tortured again by authorities in Batuan (Hohn 1997: 88).  Hohn lists Jatasura's birth year as 1913 (1997: 88). Some sources list 1947 as his year of death.