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    The Anywhere St. 5th Annual festival document provides information about four cultural festivals in Indonesia: Rambu Solo, a funeral ceremony in South Sulawesi that sends off spirits of the dead; Nyepi, the Balinese New Year's Day of Silence; the Baliem Valley Festival, where Papuan tribes stage a mock-war symbolizing prosperity; and Pasola, a Sumba jousting festival where participants attack each other with wooden spears from horseback.

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    The Anywhere St. 5th Annual festival document provides information about four cultural festivals in Indonesia: Rambu Solo, a funeral ceremony in South Sulawesi that sends off spirits of the dead; Nyepi, the Balinese New Year's Day of Silence; the Baliem Valley Festival, where Papuan tribes stage a mock-war symbolizing prosperity; and Pasola, a Sumba jousting festival where participants attack each other with wooden spears from horseback.

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    Fantastic Festival

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    The Anywhere St. 5th Annual festival document provides information about four cultural festivals in Indonesia: Rambu Solo, a funeral ceremony in South Sulawesi that sends off spirits of the dead; Nyepi, the Balinese New Year's Day of Silence; the Baliem Valley Festival, where Papuan tribes stage a mock-war symbolizing prosperity; and Pasola, a Sumba jousting festival where participants attack each other with wooden spears from horseback.

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    Anywhere St.

    5th Annual

    FANTASTIC
    FESTIVAL
    November 18th , 2022
    Rambu Solo - Sending the Dead to the After-life

    More of a tradition than a 'festival' per se, Rambu Solo is followed by the Toraja people from south Sulawesi in Indonesia's highlands. It is a funeral ceremony intended to send off the spirits of the dead to the after-world.
    Nyepi - The Day of Silence in Bali

    This festival commemorates the Balinese New Year.


    Baliem Valley Festival - Mock-War Amongst the Papua Tribes
    Baliem Valley Festival in Indonesia

    This Indonesian festival is unique to the people of Papua, a set of islands in Indonesia's eastern province. It involves the staging of a mock-war as it is believed that
    war is a symbol of prosperity and fertility.
    Pasola - Jousting Festival of the Sumba People

    It is a jousting festival in which participants ride horseback without saddles and attack each other with wooden-spears called hola. In fact, the word 'pasola' is derived from the word 'hola'.

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