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Bali celebrates its year end with a parade of effigies of gods

The effigies of muscular gods, flying elephants and tiptoeing wraiths were standard fare for the noisy Ngrupuk parade on the eve of Nyepi, when the predominantly Hindu island of Bali celebrates its end-of-year with a bang before a rigorously enforced day of silence.

It is more Zombie Apocalypse than Eat Pray Love, the book-adapted film that led star Julia Roberts to make the island her favorite Asian retreat.