Tag: Festival

  • Nyepi: Bali’s “Silent Day”

    Nyepi: Bali’s “Silent Day”

    It almost sounds like a stand-up comedian’s joke, but it isn’t. Balinese are very serious about doing nothing during the Nyepi holiday, or “Silent Day.” They take it so seriously that people have been known to be arrested — even deported — for walking outside or camping during this sacred…