If you’re vacationing in bali I highly recommend that you go out of your way to experience a Temple Festival. A Traditional Balinese Temple Festival is something you won’t soon forget, and there’s a very good chance you’ll be the only foreigner in attendance… just make sure you wear your best temple-dress, or you probably won’t be allowed in. and for women make sure you are not in menstruation.
Continue reading ‘January - March 2008 temple anniversary festival.’
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Westerners open the New Year in revelry, however, in contrast, the Balinese open their New Year in silence. This is called Nyepi Day, the Balinese day of Silence, which falls on the day following the dark moon of the spring equinox, and opens a new year of the Saka Hindu era which began in 78 A.D.
Nyepi is a day to make and keep the balance of nature. It is based on the story of when King Kaniska I of India was chosen in 78 A.D. The King was famous for his wisdom and tolerance for the Hinduism and Buddhism societies. In that age, Aji Saka did Dharma Yatra (the missionary tour to promote and spread Hinduism) to Indonesia and introduce the Saka year.
The lead up to Nyepi day is as follows: Continue reading ‘Nyepi Day, Bali Hindu New year’
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