Controlling the Flames Within

Kompas/P Raditya Mahendra Yasa

Hindu people take part in a series of Melasti ceremonies at Marina Beach, Semarang City, Central Java, Sunday (26/3). The ritual was carried out to purify themselves before they celebrate the Hindu Day of Silence tomorrow.

On Tuesday (28/3/2017), adherents of the Hindu religion will celebrate the end of Saka Year 1938 and the coming of Saka Year 1939. The difference between Saka and Gregorian calendars in 68 years.

At a time of change like this, the Hindu people will provide time for reflection and self-evaluation through observing the four abstentions (catur brata) of silence, namely amati geni, amati lelanguan, amati karya and amati lelungan.