Melasti ceremony at Palu

The officer brought the sacred water from the sea to be used in the ritual of Melasti in Pura Melasti Beach Dupa, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Sunday (10/3/2024). The Melasti ceremony held a day ahead of the New Year’s Day of Saka 1945 was to increase Sradha and Bhakti to the God’s Almighty God’s manifestations of God, to deny people’s suffering, eliminates the papa klesa, and prevents natural damage. ANTARA PHOTO/Basri Marzuki/rwa.