What is Nyepi?
Where is Nyepi observed?
Bali
These giant statues are carried through the streets in large parades.
What are Ogoh-Ogoh?
This rule means that businesses and daily tasks are stopped for the day.
What is no work?
The main goal of the day centers on finding this type of "balance."
What is spiritual balance?
This is the total number of hours Bali remains in silence.
What is 24 hours?
What happens on the day of Nyepi?
The island enters a 24 hour period of silence.
The giant statues are built to represent negative traits, such as these two examples.
What are greed and anger?
Under the rules of Nyepi, you are not allowed to have either of these two sources of brightness.
What are fire or bright lights?
The goal of the holiday is to clear this type of behavior from the previous year.
What is negative behavior?
These people patrol the neighborhoods to make sure everyone follows the silence.
Who are guards?
What day is Nyepi celebrated?
March 19th
Many villages do this to the statues after the parade is over to symbolize a fresh start.
What is burn them?
This rule bans entertainment, specifically mentioning these two popular devices.
What are music or television?
People spend the day focusing on prayer, meditation, and this type of self-reflection.
What is self-evaluation?
This is the approximate number of people who live in Bali and observe the holiday.
What is 4.3 million?
This is the name of the Hindu calendar that the date of Nyepi follows.
What is the Saka calendar?
Groups carry the statues through the streets while doing these two things.
What are music and chanting?
Because of this rule, no one is allowed to be on the roads.
What is no travel?
Nyepi is important because it reinforces this part of Balinese identity.
What is religious identity?
Because travel is forbidden, the streets of Bali are described as being this.
What is empty?
The Saka calendar used to determine Nyepi did not originate in Indonesia; it was brought to Bali from this country.
What is India?
The ritual of the parade symbolizes the removal of these before the silence begins.
What are evil spirits?
These are the four specific rules listed in the "Rules During Nyepi" slide.
What are no fire/lights, no work, no travel, and no entertainment?
The slideshow mentions that Nyepi encourages this specific personal trait through silence.
What is discipline?
During the day of silence, families spend their time together doing these two activities.
What are prayer and reflection?