File: Melasti Ceremony
Category: editorial April 23, 2019. Credit:DESCRIPTION (EN)
Balinese Hindu walk on a beach during Melasti, a purification ceremony, ahead of the holy day of Nyepi, at Lembeng Beach in Gianyar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, March 14, 2018. Nyepi is a day of silence to celebrate the Balinese new year, reserved for self-reflection, where people are not allowed to use lights, light fires, work, travel or enjoy entertainment. -JP/Agung Parameswara/Adi/19
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Balinese Hindu walk on a beach during Melasti, a purification ceremony, ahead of the holy day of Nyepi, at Lembeng Beach in Gianyar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, March 14, 2018. Nyepi is a day of silence to celebrate the Balinese new year, reserved for self-reflection, where people are not allowed to use lights, light fires, work, travel or enjoy entertainment. -JP/Agung Parameswara/Adi/19
