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Ogah! Ogah! Every year in Bali the island has a 'quiet' day called Nyepi. During this day nobody is allowed to travel or use lighting or cook, a day of contemplation and prayer is the ideal. There are many interpretations of the meaning of this day, one of my favourites is that it is that after a hectic and chaotic night before Nyepi, the demons believe that everyone has left the island and so they leave too! So comes the Ogah Ogah, wonderful creations of fear and evil, portraying the demons we want to clean from Bali. Created in wood, papiermache and fibreglass these are true works of art. The night before Nyepi they are paraded through the streets of town and village, spinning at dangerous speeds at every junction, to confuse the demons. The youth of the village, of all ages, spending months preparing them, traditionally to be burnt at the end of this final night. The pictures below show the Ogah Ogah from Tegallalang as they are gathered together and then paraded around the village. Home