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March 10, 2009

Galungan Day this March

 

A good news to everyone who will visit Bali this March, because there will be two big Bali’s holiday will occur, first to come on 18th March is the Galungan Day, as you all know, this is one of the biggest ceremony in Bali, where everybody will take place at their home to pray and celebrate the day where the Good are the winner against evil one.

You will soon find out the feel of the Galungan Day before, the Hindu people in Bali will put the “penjor” before the day as a sign for a big event to come. Penjors will decorate all the road in Bali, more specific is in the front of every houses compounds.

And second big holiday is the “Nyepi” Day or litteraly mean “Quite Day” or “Day of Silence” occure on 26th March just 2 days before the Kuningan Day, usually there will be a “Ogoh-Ogoh” parade on Nyepi’s eve, but this year, Bali’s government decided not to, as it the same time with the General Election in Indonesia.

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