MELASTI CEREMONY

SEMARANG, 10/3 - MELASTI. Hindu police cadets carry offerings during Melasti ritual at Marina beach, Semarang, Central Java province, March 10, 2013. The Melasti ritual in which hundreds of Hindus take part is aimed to cleanse the soul from bad deeds in the past and to ask Sang Hyang Widhi for strength during Nyepi holiday which falls on March 12, 2013. FOTO ANTARA/R. Rekotomo/ed/mes/ox/13.