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Ogoh-Ogoh Festival in Bali Posted by on Mar 14, 2016

Ogoh-ogoh

The day before Bali’s New Year and Day of Silence, the island is full of terrifying ogoh-ogoh statues. These beasts are paraded through the streets and destroyed or burned to rid the island of bad spirits. Check some of them out in this short video.

Balinese Culture – Melasti Ceremony Posted by on Mar 10, 2016

A Guide to Nyepi

A few days before Nyepi – the Balinese New Year – villages all over the island perform the melasti purification ceremony. See highlights from Sanur in this short video:

Experiencing Nyepi in Bali Posted by on Mar 9, 2016

Today is the Balinese New Year, known as Hari Raya Nyepi in Indonesian. On this holiday, the Island of the Gods observes a day of silence – the airport is closed, no cars are allowed on the road aside for emergency vehicles, and local village police known as pecalang patrol the streets to ensure nobody…

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