"It was agrandspectacle, with sermons and flagellants and great unveilings of holy objects, " he said, "and there were processions galore, with music".
On Oct. 8, the day Megawati opened the congress before tens of thousands of red-clad supporters on a blistering field in the beach resort of Sanur, Bali helped pull off exactly what the PDI team wanted: agrand political spectacle to punctuate Megawati's transformation from party outcast to presidential contender.