Nyepi Day in Bali, March 28th 2020

By, Febri Wengke

Nyepi day is one of the days that I have been waiting for, as continued my life journey in Bali. During four years I have been in Bali to continue my way of life as to work and study. On that time too I have four times to celebrate the Nyepi day as the day of silent. That Nyepi is one the ceremony in Hindusm in one year that to reflect our life. I’m sorry I can’t give deeply understanding about Nyepi , but what that I have simple perspective about Nyepi is quietness and changing. In the previous that third time Nyepi that I have passed, despite I haven’t got deeply feeling on Nyepi. Cause of I have just thinking that Nyepi is just to being quite of village or community to leave away from daily activity.

(Photo: personal dokumentation at Besakih Tample)

For all of family even whoever them as must to stay together at home, not everyone to get out of home, even not to do anything outside of home, even though just to walk down the street. Likewise of mine that I have been wander off in Bali that just to stay simple in the private monthly boarding house. Every moment of Nyepi day I am going to my family in Denpasar to join as to celebrate together. Indeed gather with family at the times like that very valuable, break bread, joking, stories, laughter together, and the others noise. Until we were forgot to deepen the peace of that Nyepi day. What the essence to do at the moment of Nyepi day? That thing loss of our mind. 

Back to what I have experienced at the moment of Nyepi day in this year, I have begun to feel calmness and happiness, also a little renewal. Because on the Nyepi day at this time I changed my perception that I have lonely, calm, silent, and pray that what I have did during the Nyepi day. With that I have begun to think  about Nyepi day that as not only to; empty out of road, to calm the village, stay together with family, and just stay at home. Not! But at the moment of Nyepi day I have tried to  stay calm, pray, empty out of myself. I have tried to deeply feeling in essence of my spirit and body from all of the activity that I have did so solid, even though the problems that I have got so burden. From everything that I have done on that Nyepi day, I have felt and permeated the real of Nyepi day, which has given me freshness, renewal, and happiness. Suksuma, Rahajeng Rahina Nyepi.