Nyepi - The Silence Day

Nyepi is important day as this is the Balinese Lunar New Year called "Saka" New Year. It is a day of total silent through the island. No physical activity is allowed, there can no be traffic at all on the roads, no fire may be lit and no amusement held all day long until next morning. Great purification and sacrificial rites are held the day before Nyepi so as to exorcize evil spirits from every corner of the village. Nyepi falls on the first day after the new moon closest to the March equinox, usually in March to early April.