JASMINE NYEPI IN BALI

A number of Hindu women held a sacred dance in the ceremony of Melasti ahead of the Nyepi Year's Day 1939 at Padanggalak Beach, Denpasar, Friday (24/3). Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) has set up to Monday (27/3) as a day for ritual Melasti throughout the coastal area, lake and river in Bali. ANTARA PHOTO/Nyoman Budhiana/ama/17.