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View all search resultsImages: 'Ogoh-ogoh' - 'The island prepares for its loudest, most menacing street parade'
On the eve of Nyepi (Hindu Day of Silence), demons will roam the streets of Bali in the earsplitting parade known as ngerupuk
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On the eve of Nyepi (Hindu Day of Silence), demons will roam the streets of Bali in the earsplitting parade known as ngerupuk. Groups of Balinese youths, mostly associated with local banjar (traditional neighborhood associations), will flaunt their respective renditions of the demons, from the old-school ogres of Hindu myths to the contemporary corrupt bureaucrats, in the shape of giant papier-mâché figures called ogoh-ogoh. For years, the parade has become the proving ground for the youths' aesthetic creativity, communal spirit and bold innovation ' last year's demons were accompanied by gamelan and deep house techno. This year, ngerupuk will fall on the night of March 8.
