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Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New Year's Day. [1] [2] After Nyepi, youths of Bali in the village of Sesetan in South Bali practice the ceremony of omed-omedan or 'The Kissing Ritual' to celebrate the new year. [3]
Hari Primata Indonesia: 2014 [2] February/March: Lantern Festival: Cap Go Meh: Ending of 15th days celebration of Chinese New Year 9 February: National Press Day / Anniversary of the Indonesian Journalists Association: Hari Pers Nasional (HPN) / Hari Ulang Tahun Persatuan Wartawan Indonesia: 1985: The 1946 founding of the Indonesian Journalists ...
The Melasti ceremony is one of the most important religious rituals in Bali, which takes place a few days before the Nyepi ceremony, also known as the “Day of Silence”. The Melasti ceremony is a purification ritual practiced by the Balinese people to cleanse their body, mind, and soul before the onset of the new year in accordance with the ...
Seminyak is a mixed tourist residential area [citation needed] on the west coast of Bali in Indonesia, just north of Kuta and Legian. [1] Originally a separate township, this is now another suburb of Kuta. This area is very popular with resident expatriates; land and accommodation prices are amongst the highest in Bali.
Nusa Dua is a resort area built in the 1970s in the southern part of Bali, Indonesia. [1] Known as an enclave of large five-star resorts, it covers 350 hectares of land and encloses more than 20 resorts.
This is a list of Hindu temples and their remains in Indonesia. Indonesia has been part of Indosphere of Greater India where sanskritization and Hinduism spread across Indonesia. [1] [2] Hindus in Indonesia are a multi-ethnic society consisting of different Indonesian ethnicities, such as Balinese, Javanese, Indian and other ethnic
Rumah adat are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of Indonesia, collectively belonging to the Austronesian architecture. The traditional houses and settlements of the several hundreds ethnic groups of Indonesia are extremely varied and all have their own specific history.
Bali Aga village layout with house compounds facing a broad avenue. Each house compound contains individual houses, each belonging to a nuclear family. The bale lantang in Tenganan village, a distinctive feature of a Bali Aga village not found in anywhere else in Bali, is an elongated pavilion where the village council discusses community affairs.