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Nyepi
THE major festival of the Saka year is New Year Nyepi, at the end of March or beginning of April the major purification ritual of the year. The days before Nyepi are full of activity - religious objects are taken in procession from temples to sacred springs or to the sea for purification. Sacrifices are made and displayed at crossroads where evil spirits are thought to linger, to lure them into the open. The night before Nyepi, the spirits are frightened away with drums, gongs, cymbals, firecrackers and huge paper-made monsters (ogoh-ogoh). On the day itself, everyone sits quietly at home to persuade any remaining evil spirits that Bali is completely deserted. |
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