Galungan and Kuningan

Galungan soon will start for 2012 in Bali. What is The Galungan? Galungan a kind of holiday in Bali which ends with Kuningan. According to Balinese calendar it starts in different days in every year. Sometimes twice a year it took place because it calculated by 210 day calendar. So means it take place in every seven months. This year in 2012 it will start  29 august and Kuningan is 8 september. In Balinese Hinduism belief during Galungan their deceased ancestors visiting the earth. To welcome them, people clean temples, make offerings, dances and lots of penjors ( a bamboo pole ) set on sides of roads. If you see penjors around the roads you can know this is galungan time in Bali as a foreigner.

Anyway I say "Selamat Hari Raya Galungan dan Kuningan"( Happy Galungan and Kuningan ).

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