The wake of the floods of Jakarta was smelled in Bali transport and telecommunications of air in Bali do not escape the effects of the massive flood 1.000 kilometers far in Jakarta. (2/10/2007) While the flood devastator occurring in the first days of February 2007 made save the most 50 deaths and the 300.000 residents approximately their houses in the capital city of Indonesia of Jakarta, Bali remained directly unscathed by the bad weather and the flood occurring almost 1.000 kilometers in the west. While the residents of Bali observed the events revealing in the capital on their television sets, some carry-on effects were smelled locally, including: The local staff of voyage of • in Bali brought back sales of Jakarta-leap of the plane tickets were to the bottom close step minus 40% while people delayed or countermanded voyages envisaged with the capital. the actions Bali-based by • sponsored the reported reduced levels of the transactions and the volume of sales as the businesses always came to a stand to Jakarta, with much of investors waiting to see the long-term effects of the floods on the national economy. During the size of the flood, the average index indonesian of share enclosed slightly lower, losing more than one third of a percent. Tourism on ground of • from Jakarta to Bali decreased, like programs of bus and train were disturbed. The domestic flights of • from Jakarta to Bali also tested slightly lower means of the loads as much of Jakarta were little laid out to leave their houses and the roads between the capital airport of City and Jakarta were sometimes enclosed due to the flood. The users of • of the Internet prompt Provider Service in Bali, on an individual basis of customer and with the coffees of Internet, tested delays and of the interruptions in service due to the problems allotted to the flood assigning the registered offices of Telkom to Jakarta.
Ogoh-Ogoh , has a form of a giant monster doll, in the form of demon characters as symbol of evil (bhuta). The doll mainly made of bamboo and cement sacks. Before the procession, a ceremony is perform to invite spirits occupy the Ogoh-Ogoh and after the procession another ceremony is held to neutralize the spirits by symbolically burn or actually burn the Ogoh-ogoh . This spirit is believed as spirit of evil (bhuta) that may become the disturbance for human and the universe and they will be always part of human and universe. The purpose of the overall ceremony that held on this day are to neutralize the bad force / spirit (bhuta) so it is not any longer becomes disturbance but instead become positive force for the good of human and universe. In some case or depend on thecondition and regent decision Ogoh-Ogoh may not be made, but based on religious point of view, the priests ensure that the non-existing of Ogoh-Ogoh will not decrease the essential meaning of the Nyepi celebration.
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