KUTA, Indonesia — Rock music pulses from open-air nightclubs as foreign tourists shuffle from one packed bar to another. Some stop to take selfies against a pair of garish LED towers that flash a constant stream of changing colors.

This is Ground Zero, the site of Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack. The light towers are a recent addition to what was once a somber memorial, giving it an oddly festive air.

In 2002, Islamic extremists affiliated with Al Qaeda detonated a vehicle bomb here in Kuta, on the popular island of Bali, which killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists. Among the dead were 88 Australians.

Today, the nightclub scene along the street, Jalan Legian, has returned bigger and louder than ever with one exception: The site of the Sari Club, where most of the victims died, has remained a vacant lot ever since the bombing.