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How the Balinese custom of Nyepi can help your team recharge? 👹
Nyepi is the Balinese “Day of Silence” 🤫 It marks the beginning of a New Year. It started last Wednesday, Mar 22nd, at 5:59 AM. On Nyepi, the whole island shuts down for 24h to cleanse from the previous year’s misdoings.
Hindu or not, everyone must stay at home, keeping noise and lights to a minimum. It’s a day dedicated to self-reflection as well as renewing the island and the universe. All shops and restaurants are closed. Even ATMs are switched off on the whole island. The streets are empty.
The day before Nyepi, in the evening, Ngrupuk parades are conducted throughout the island, together with Ogoh-ogoh statues built especially for the occasion. Ogoh-ogohare huge papier-mâché monsters that roam the streets and turn in circles on intersections. The intention is to purify the island from spiritual pollution, which is believed to “go into” the figures. The monsters are then set ablaze on the beaches as a symbol of cleansing.
