Kasepekang is a punishment underBalinesecustomary law. The persons (or entire families) subject to it areshunned by their local community.[1]
It is the most severe sentence imposed by traditional authorities such as village councils, which also impose lesser sanctions such as fines orpublic shaming. According to a 2010New York Times report describing the increasing importance of customary law inIndonesia since 1998, "in a society where the entire cycle of life and religion is tied to ancestral villages, kasepekang is likened to a social and spiritual death sentence."[1]
