Every spring, the island goes silent to give residents time to rest and reflect before the Hindu new year. The experience was ...

Nyepi, a Bali “Day of Silence,” officially falls on March 29 at 6 a.m. after the new moon and lasts for 24 hours, during ...

This film records the most spectacular sacred ceremony of the Balinese people The Eka Dasa ... aspects of life A complex synthesis of Buddhism animism Sivaism and Hinduism its rituals go back ...

The religious and cultural holiday is rooted in Balinese Hinduism where about 87 per cent of Bali identifies as Hindu. Tourists have also been warned air travel will be halted with the main ...