Mar 24, 2007
Nyepi Day or Silence Day
Nyepi Day or Silence Day
Nyepi Day or silence day is the most important day for Balinese Hindu in
Bali where they conduct very unique activities before, on the day and after the day. On Nyepi Day or silence day there are no traffics, activities, pleasure, sound and lights are allowed in the entire island of Bali. At the night of the Nyepi Day, the entire of Bali is black out. Nyepi Day is a new year for Balinese Hindu and it based on the Balinese Calendar that is celebrated every 1 year.
Melasti Ceremony
Before the Nyepi Day some of ceremonial processions are executed in Bali like Melasti Ceremony and Ogoh – Ogoh performance. On the day of Melasti, effigies of God and temple accessories of each village are brought in a long and colorful procession to the beach or water sources. It is accompanied by Balinese gamelan orchestra and followed by all villagers dressed in traditional temple cloths. This rites is designed to cleanse of all impure things human as well as the universe and to take the essence of life from the ocean which is the symbol if life it self. Melasti Ceremony is one of the important rituals are executed in Bali involving entire Balinese Hindu in the island including children together makes the line along the road. Each of individual do each participation on this ceremony like carrying the god symbol. The god symbols are carried like Umbul-umbul, flag, harpoon, keris (of a kind of twist and turns sword) and holy idols.
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