Party time on Balinese New Years Eve with the Pawai Ogoh-Ogoh festival or Parade of Ngrupuk in Denpasar city the night before Nyepi

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Balinese New Years Eve party and the Pawai Ogoh-Ogoh festival or Parade of Ngrupuk in Denpasar city the night before Nyepi which is the Balinese New Years Day. This is an annual event which occurs every New Years Eve on the Balinese Saka Calendar where giant Ogoh-Ogoh Statues are paraded around Villages, Towns and Cities throught Bali in a ruse to frighten of evil spirits and cleanse the environment from all spiritual pollution for the coming New Year

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Size: 3492px × 5238px
Location: Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Antony Ratcliffe / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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