Nyepi Food: The Day of Silence

Nyepi — Bali's New Year in the Saka calendar — is the most unusual national holiday in Indonesia: an entire island goes silent for 24 hours. No work, no cooking fires, no lights, no travel (the Bali airport closes), no speaking unless necessary. The silence is observed from sunrise to sunrise. The food of Nyepi is therefore necessarily the food of the day before: all cooking for the 24-hour silence period must be completed and the food stored. The preparation of Nyepi food is a specific form of advance cooking — everything must be fully cooked, stored at room temperature (refrigerators may not be opened to avoid electricity use in strict observance), and eaten cold or at room temperature throughout the day.

Makanan Nyepi — Food for Bali's Day of Silence and Reflection

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