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A. Calo suggests that such kettle drums were associated with early rice cults - and cultivation - in Bali: most of them are found near sources of irrigation water (lakes, springs or weirs in rivers); their shape and decoration are reminded in modern representations of female deities associated with
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period." It is "considered highly sacred by local people." It is thought to be a relic of early rice cultivation rituals.
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