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Nyepi Day (Day of Silence)
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New Year day in the Balinese solar/lunar (Caka) Calender is observed as a day of complete stillness. No fire may be lit and no one should be seen on the roads. On the eve of Nyepi, purification sacrifies and offerings are made at crossroads, at village centers and in town all over Bali. Priest chant mantras to exercise demons (buta and kala) of the old year. In the evening, people sound gongs and cymbals in all corners of the family compound and parade through the streets carrying flaming torches to make sure that all the malingering evil spirits are aroused and find Bali barren of life and leave the island.
