"Balinese local security guards the procession of purifying c..."

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11 March 2021

Balinese local security guards the procession of purifying ceremony called Melasti amid COVID-19 pandemic on the beach in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on March 11 2021. The ceremony is aims to clean souls before entering Balinese Day of Silence, marks the new year in Balinese Hindu calendar which falls on March 14. The ceremony usually attended by thousands of devotees, but during the COVID-19 pandemic only few people allowed to join the procession.

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