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[16 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]
Celebrate the Caka New Year 1932 (Ogoh Ogoh Competition)

On welcoming the Caka New Year 1932 (Nyepi Day) on Monday (March 15) Denpasar city government will hold an Ogoh-Ogoh or papier mache demon competition among the Sekaa Teruna or customary village youth club throughout Denpasar City. Other than intended for ritual need, the competition also becomes an arena of creativity for the young, especially Sekaa Teruna in Denpasar. It was revealed by the Mayor of Denpasar in the face Sekaa Teruna not long ago.
Denpasar Mayor I B Rai D. Mantra said that ogoh-ogoh competition held this year posed an …

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[14 Mar 2010 | 3 Comments | ]

Every religion or culture all over the world has their own way to define and celebrate their new year. For example, the Chinese have the Imlek year and to celebrate it, have, …