Galungan
galungan balinese holiday celebrating victory dharma adharma mark time ancestral spirit visit earth last day celebration kuningan return date calculated according day balinese pawukon calendar galungan mark beginning important recurring religious ceremony spirit deceased relative died cremated return visit homeland current inhabitant responsibility hospitable prayer offering obvious sign celebration penjor bamboo pole offering suspended end installed side road number day around kuningan day special name marked organization particular activity galungan begin wednesday buda th week day pawukon calendar mean often two celebration per solar year date follows melasti – cleansing purification melasti ceremony one important religious ritual bali take place day nyepi ceremony also known “day silence” melasti ceremony purification ritual practiced balinese people cleanse body mind soul onset new year accordance saka calendar traditionally melasti ceremony conducted near coast riverbank water believed possess purifying quality ceremony participant adorned traditional balinese attire carry various offering sacred item make way water source offering typically consist fruit flower rice symbolic object throughout procession prayer hymn chanted invoke blessing purification nyepi – day silence commemorated every isakawarsa saka new year according balinese calendar fall march balinese celebration mainly celebrated bali indonesia balilocalguidecom calendar event accessed november eiseman fred b jr bali sekala niskala volume essay religion ritual art pp periplus edition isbn pancorbo lo balinés en fiesta del mundo la máscaras de la luna pp – ediciones del serbal barcelona video documenting galungan ceremony preparation bali part part galungan celebrated bali archived wayback machine