Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 11th Mar, 2018. YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 11 : Balinese Hindu pray during Melasti ceremony at Parangkusumo beach on March 11, 2018 in Yogyakart, Indonesia. Melasti is a Hindu Balinese purification ceremony and ritual, which according to Balinese calendar is held several days prior to the Nyepi holy day. Melasti was meant as the ritual to cleanse the world from all the filth of sin and bad karma, through the symbolic act of acquiring the Tirta Amerta, ''the water of life''.Melasti ceremony is held on the edge of the beach with the aim to purify oneself of a
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March 11, 2018 - Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia - YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 11 : Balinese Hindu pray during Melasti ceremony at Parangkusumo beach on March 11, 2018 in Yogyakart, Indonesia. Melasti is a Hindu Balinese purification ceremony and ritual, which according to Balinese calendar is held several days prior to the Nyepi holy day. Melasti was meant as the ritual to cleanse the world from all the filth of sin and bad karma, through the symbolic act of acquiring the Tirta Amerta, ''the water of life''..Melasti ceremony is held on the edge of the beach with the aim to purify oneself of all the bad things in the past and throw it to the ocean. In Hindu belief, the source of water such as lake and sea water, are considered as the source of life. (Credit Image: © Sijori Images via ZUMA Wire)