Bali
Nyepi Day: It is a new beginning
Prominent Hindu leaders called on followers to lead honest, decent and peaceful lives after they performed four important rituals as part of Tapa Brata Penyepian during Nyepi, or Hindu Day of Silence, on Tuesday.
The observance was expected to cleanse their bodies and souls so that they emerged as new and better people.
Hindu Priest Pandita Mpu [...]
Tourists Flock to Bali to Enjoy Sounds of Silence
The Hindu day of silence has provided a boost to Bali’s tourism industry, with hotels reporting swollen occupancy rates as Indonesians and foreigners flock to the resort island to see it in repose.
Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya, head of Bali’s tourism board and owner of the Segara Village Hotel in Sanur, said [...]
Bali Collaboration for Climate Change propose Nyepi as World Silent Day
Dozens of Balinese youths from the group Bali Collaboration for Climate Change are working to collect 10 million signatures to support their proposal of making Nyepi, the Hindu day of silence, world silence day.
The signatures would be submitted to the United Nations on March 21. Since 2007, the group has collected [...]
Bali in need of more Hindu studies teachers
Bali province will need 9,000 more teachers of Hindu studies at elementary to high school level by 2014. Nyoman Arya from the religious affairs agency said many teachers were now close to their retirement period, while the recruitment of new teachers was slow. There are 2,476 elementary schools in Bali, both [...]
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