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Last Bissu reveals ancient Indonesian transsexuality

Last Bissu reveals ancient Indonesian transsexuality Rhoda Grauer's film "The Last Bissu" follows the story of Puang Matoa Saidi, the high priest of an ancient Indonesian transvestite order chosen in 1941. Once all powerful, their gradual demise began as the system of royal courts declined and government forces, intolerant of unorthodox religious beliefs and transvestite behavior, nearly annihilated them. Once numbered in the hundreds, the sect itself seems close to extinction with the Arajang, the sacred relic house, near dilapidation and by the end of the 20th century a mere handful of adherents in hiding, fearing for their lives.�
[Date: 25-Jun-05 ]