e a m harris

Roaming the byways of literature

01 Apr 2014
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A day of silence and its poetry

The last day of March was Nyepi Day for the Balinese. This means a day of silence – traffic stops, people stay at home and contemplate, all is quiet. I wish we had such a day here.

I couldn’t find poems about Nyepi, not in English anyway, but the website Bali for the World has what seems to be a translation of one, as well as a good write up of the deeper meanings of the day.

With flowers make yadnya,
Melasti with going to the beach.

It is the sort of ceremony that ought to have a rich literature. Perhaps some of my readers know of it, if so I’d be grateful if you could let me know.

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2 thoughts on “A day of silence and its poetry”

  1. WabiSabi on said:

    I love the idea of this! wish we had it in the noisy world I live in! I do my own Nyepi celebration at 6AM every morning – the only silent time of day!

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