Ogoh-ogoh

Ubud, 2008

A three faced ogoh-ogoh in Ubud

An Ogoh-ogoh, a papier-mâché and wood puppet built on Bali for the New Year Holiday Nyepi. They are primarily constructed by young Balinese men and frequently depict caricatures of the many tourists. On the evening before Nyepi they are paraded about and then burnt. Nyepi is known as the day of silence.

Ogoh-ogoh Media

Ogoh-ogoh on display at the Cultural Arts Festival in Legian, Kuta, 2018.
Ogoh-ogoh placed in front of Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud.
Video of ogoh-ogoh in Kuta, Bali (2018), being shaken during the carrying.
Statues paraded during the cremation (pelebonan) of Royal Palaces in Bali. Photograph from the collection of Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (1900–1925).
Miguel Covarrubias in 1932.
Kesiman Palace, Denpasar, 1912.
Red giant ogoh-ogoh, Denpasar, 2007.
Ogoh-ogoh before pangrupukan in Ubud, 2018.
Ogoh-ogoh were paraded by the youths, 2024
Giant horned buffalo Ogoh-ogoh, Ubud.

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