Bali memorial monument

A memorial to the victims of the Bali bombing was unveiled at Legian Street in Kuta to remember the 202 killed in the October 2002 bombings, including 88 Australians.

The structure is rising from dusty rubble on a 140-sq-m (1,500-sq-ft) plot across the street from the Sari Club, one of two nightclubs on the beach strip where Muslim militants set off bombs that dealt a huge blow to this mostly Hindu island's tourist-driven economy. It was the world's worst act of terror since the attacks on America in 2001.

The memorial depicts the three stages of Balinese life-cycle beliefs about the past, present and future.

The first stage - a reflection on memories of the past - it includes an altar, an elaborate granite and limestone wall engraved with the names of the blast victims and 22 poles for flags representing the victims' nationalities.

The next phase a white limestone structure symbolising the present, and forces of procreation.

A water fountain symbolizing the future is the third.