Abstract

Flying around Bali's picturesque teraced rice paddies are many dragonflies, which Mexican anthropologist Miguel Covarrubias (1937) reported were captured and eaten by the Balinese. During a December 1993 trip to Bali, I sought to learn if dragonflies still were used as human food. My informants were English-speaking tourist bungalow and restaurant owners and staff in Ubud, in central Bali, on the northern coast west of Singaraja. These people not only graciously shared their knowledge, but showed me how the dragonflies, which they call “chapung,” are captured and eaten.

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