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Galungan and Kuningan Holiday in Bali

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There are many holiday in Bali. Bali has many traditional holidays. Balines e  calendars, with illustrations for each day indicating what  activities that day are au spicious for, are popular souvenirs. Apart from the everyday Western calendar, the  Balinese also use two  local calendars, the saka and the wuku calendar. The wuku calendar is used to determine festival dates.  The calendar uses 10 diffe rent  weeks, eac h fro m one to 10 days and all running simultaneously. One of feast day that highly anticipated by the Hindu community of Bali is Galungan and Kuningan. Both of these holidays is a series within 10 days.  Galungan and Kuningan is a great day in Bali. Balinese Hindu community celebrated the victory of Dharma (goodness) against Adharma (evil). Galungan holiday is one of the unique tradition in Bali, very happy, and uniting families to meet in a wonderful celebration. The Galungan festival, Bali's major feast, is  held throughout the island and is an annual event