All the Hindus in Indonesia, especially Bali implement Catur Bratha Penyepian, Saturday (5 / 3). The atmosphere of tourist in Kuta area seemed very quiet and silent. All shops and entertainment venues in the Kuta area closed. Incoming search terms:ogoh ogoh kuta 2011, bali march 5, bali march 5th, BALI NYEPI KUTA 2011, march 5 [...]
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Nyepi Day procession always preceded by Pengerupukan, which is exactly one day before Nyepi. Pengerupukan always waited by the public especially by young children because in the pengerupukan night ogoh-ogoh will be paraded around the village and around the city accompanied by gambelan beleganjur, kentogan and the young couple who go parading with a torch. [...]
By the celebration of Nyepi holiday which falls on March 5, the Balinese began to prepare the sculpture that called ogoh-ogoh which will parade the day before the celebration of Nyepi. This situation brings its own fortune to the craftsmen ogoh-ogoh because they flooded orders from Bali and outside Bali. One of the ogoh-ogoh maker [...]
Frenetic of man-woman dressed in traditional Balinese cloth called poleng, Udeng (fastener heads), and white kebaya was busy cleaning the Chinese stone lions, dragon carved Balinese style, and Chinese incense burner (hio lo) at Po Kong Cong Pagoda in the Temple Ulundanu, Kintamani , Bali, Saturday (29/01/2011). A row of red lanterns inscribed Mandarin character [...]
Wayan Rangki (65) and mothers are busy preparing to fill a few buckets of water, a few ornaments, and flowers, Saturday (29/01/2011), in places of worship Tridharma Cao Eng Bio, Tanjung Benoa, Bali. They are not of Chinese descent. Their religion was Hindu Bali. However, they are only one intention, ngayah (serve). In addition to [...]
Pandan war tradition or often called mekare-kare in the village of Tenganan done by the youth by wearing costumes / custom cloth Tenganan, bare-chested, armed with a bundle of thorny pandan leaves and a shield to protect themselves. This tradition celebrate every year around June, usually held for two days. Pandanus war begins with a [...]
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