Bali shuts down it's electricity

Mar 26, 2009 06:03

I have compiled stacks of hard-to-decompose garbage in my back yard.  For the last two days, my nose excreted mucose XD.  Yesh, I cought my self a flu.  So I'm sorry earth, but having slime in you nose is a bad feeling.. I have to get it out.

Anyways, to day the Hindu people in Indonesia celebrated Seclusion Day.  It's the last day in the Hindu calendar, Saka.  They are going to have a 1931 Saka New Year tommorow.

There are four restricted things to do to day for them for the whole day, which are no fire or lights, no traveling, no entertaining and not going to work.  The majority of Hindu pilgrims in Indonesia are located in Bali.  So in order to celebrate Seclusion Day, Bali -the whole island- is shutting down it's electricity for the whole 24hours.  No transportation allowed, sea-air-land.  Hmm on one side that's religious, but on the other side that's quite an energy saver XD

I wanna go there! I wonder how do you spend time when there's no lights and not being able to have any sort of entertainment..  I heard there's even a group of patrolling traditional cops called Pecalang telling people who 'accidentally' out on that day to stay in their houses.

Well, who knows I might be able to come back to Bali again, on the Seclution Day that is..

sick, seclusion day, bali

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