Bali’s international airport is probably the only one in the world who every year are turned off in a day (other than in an emergency). All of the shops, offices and restaurants are also closed on the indonesian island. During the new year of nyepi should the hindus namely staying at home, fasting and contemplate how they can become better people. They should be quiet and keep the lights off.
the telephone can also forget. The Internet can only be used by police, hospitals and the like.
– turn off the internet, we hope to hindus to celebrate nyepi in tranquility, ” says a spokesperson for Bali’s local government to The Jakarta Post.
Also for the island’s many tourists are there just to pack it in surfingbrädorna and equipment. Only emergency vehicles are allowed on the streets, which otherwise is filled by the infernal honking of cars and motorcycles.
the livelier when young people go to parades with large so-called ogoh-ogoh – several metres high, made papier mache demons.
On nyepi returns the real demons to earth, and, according to tradition, be fooled by the silence and the darkness to believe that there is someone there to haunt. On the purchase get the villagers cleaner air in a day and can without the annoying flash of light enjoy a clear starry sky, reports local media.
