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Our Insiders Guide to Candidasa & Eastern Bali

Candidasa and eastern Bali has the most natural beauty on Bali, combined with great beaches, interesting sights and plenty of history. Our Insiders Guide will help you with what you shouldn't miss.

Candidasa and eastern Bali has the most natural beauty on Bali, combined with great beaches, interesting sights and plenty of history. Our Insiders Guide will help you with what you shouldn't miss.

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MELASTI - NYEPI<br />

14 MARCH 2018<br />

Melasti is a purification<br />

ceremony, where the world is<br />

cleansed of sin and bad karma.<br />

Entire communities march <strong>to</strong><br />

the sea for purification - an<br />

amazing sight of parasols, flags<br />

and <strong>Bali</strong>nese dressed all in white.<br />

Inland, there are big celebrations<br />

at all the local temples.<br />

OGEH-OGEH<br />

16 MARCH 2018<br />

This incredible sight happens on<br />

Nyepi Eve. Local communities<br />

build very large effigies <strong>to</strong> scare<br />

the bad spirits away. It is great fun<br />

and, if you drive through the<br />

countryside on the day before<br />

Nyepi, you can see the finishing<br />

<strong>to</strong>uches being put <strong>to</strong> the statues<br />

in the villages. That night the<br />

monsters are paraded and then<br />

burned at a central point.<br />

NYEPI<br />

17 MARCH 2018<br />

Nyepi must be the world’s most chilled celebration of the New Year.<br />

It is observed as a day of silence where nobody (<strong>to</strong>urists included), is<br />

allowed <strong>to</strong> leave their home (or hotel – but you can still use the<br />

facilities). The TV stations don't broadcast, the airport is closed and<br />

there is a general shutdown from 6am until 6am the next day.<br />

Any outdoor activity is policed and you can be fined quite heavily.<br />

The reason for all this? Firstly, this day of calm gives Mother Earth a<br />

much-needed chance <strong>to</strong> reboot after 364 days of activity. And<br />

secondly, the evil spirits come down <strong>to</strong> earth on this day and, when<br />

they see <strong>Bali</strong> completely deserted, they leave again for another year.

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