The blogger was arrested for hugging the sacred tree naked
A foreign blogger in Bali was arrested and will soon be deported to her country after she took several nude photos of a tree sacred to the locals, believed to be 700 years old.
Activist Ni Luh Djelantik shared photos on social media showing a girl posing next to the Kayu Putih tree located at the back of Taban Temple, 23 km north of Denpasar.
The images went viral and prompted the authorities to arrest the blogger, whose identity has not been disclosed.
“Do you think it’s cool to go naked in our holy places? Go back to your country if you don’t respect our tradition and culture”, the activist went along with the photos.
A similar event was recorded a year ago when the Russian influencer, Alina Fazleeva, was deported by the authorities to Bali after she also posed nude near the sacred tree.
