Nyepi Day 2022
It will start at 6:00 a. m. * on March 3, 2022
and ends at 6:00 a. m. * on March 4, 2022
Nyepi is the Balinese New Year. And it is very different than in the western world. Because Bali goes 24 hours offline.
NEW TRADITIONS Nyepi, the "Day of Silence", one of Bali's most important religious celebrations, is held each March and brings the entire island to a complete standstill for 24 hours. On the evening before Nyepi begins, there are dramatic parades of huge paper miché or Styrofoam monsters known as Ogoh-Ogoh, meant to represent the demons to be cleansed from the island.
This video shows, why Bali is 😇ffline on Nyepi:
Because they are doing so much damage to the internet connection cables during the Ogoh Ogoh ceremonies!!!🤣
Today most visitors assume that the Ogoh Ogoh is an ancient Balinese tradition. But in truth they are a very recent innovation, first appearing in Denpasar in the 1980s. There is no better illustration of the vibrant dynamism of Balinese culture on the one hand, and of how quickly new inventions can come to be regarded as fixed "traditions" on the other. Even during their short existence, the Ogoh Ogoh have undergone reinvention. In the 1990s and carry 2000s many of the individual monsters were modeled on figures from modern popular culture-from terrorist bombers to Hollywood villains. Today, however, these pop culture Ogoh Ogoh have become markedly less common, thanks to calls from conservative religious authorities for people to restrict their monster-making to "traditional" subjects, demons from Hindu-Balinese mythology.
Most cultures celebrate New Year with fireworks and a lot of parties, alcohol, and a lot of noise. The Balinese call the Hindu Day of Silence "Nyepi". The intention of Nyepi is, to meditate and get quiet inside.
- It is even forbidden to go on the street, no music, no fires, no electric light ...
- Bali's mobile Internet connection goes 24 Hours Offline on, March 3rd, 2020 from 6 a. m. until Thu., March 4th, 2020 at 6 a. m. *. So don't worry if your friends in Bali are not responding to your instant messaging. This year the wired internet connections stay alive.
- And all shops and restaurants will be closed, only hotels provide basic services to their guests.
- Further, the Airport is out of service for 23 hours on March 3 from 6:00 a. m.* and will be served again on March 4, 2020, at 05:00 a. m. *.
* All times are in WITA, Central Indonesia Time, Bali, Perth, Singapore time zone.
I am looking forward to this quiet and peaceful Nyepi day 2021 in Bali. Because I will enjoy my silent day for
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Further information about Bali Goes 24 Hours Offline on Silent Day, Bali Day of Silence 2022
Dates for the Nyepi - Bali Day of Silence 2022 and in the next years
| Common Era Year | Balinese Year | Nyepi Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1943 | 14 March |
| 2022 | 1944 | 3 March |
| 2023 | 1945 | 22 March |
| 2024 | 1946 | 11 March |
| 2025 | 1947 | 29 March |
| 2026 | 1948 | 19 March |