Ogoh-ogoh parade

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Balinese Hindu ritual procession cultural festival event religious parade

The Ogoh-ogoh parade is a Balinese Hindu procession featuring large, demonic effigies carried and danced through the streets to symbolically drive away negative forces on the eve of the Day of Silence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ogoh-ogoh parade canonical	1
Ogoh-ogoh procession	1
ogoh-ogoh	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5436097 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ogoh-ogoh parade
Context triple: [Nyepi, associatedRitual, Ogoh-ogoh parade]

A. Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
B. Madai festival
Madai festival is a traditional religious and cultural celebration of the Gond tribal community in central India, marked by processions, music, dance, and rituals honoring local deities.
C. Kamiari Festival
The Kamiari Festival is a major Shinto religious event in Izumo, Japan, during which it is believed that all the gods from across the country gather at Izumo Taisha Shrine for an annual divine assembly.
D. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
E. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ogoh-ogoh parade
Target entity description: The Ogoh-ogoh parade is a Balinese Hindu procession featuring large, demonic effigies carried and danced through the streets to symbolically drive away negative forces on the eve of the Day of Silence.

A. Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
B. Madai festival
Madai festival is a traditional religious and cultural celebration of the Gond tribal community in central India, marked by processions, music, dance, and rituals honoring local deities.
C. Kamiari Festival
The Kamiari Festival is a major Shinto religious event in Izumo, Japan, during which it is believed that all the gods from across the country gather at Izumo Taisha Shrine for an annual divine assembly.
D. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
E. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balinese Hindu ritual procession ⓘ cultural festival event ⓘ religious parade ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ogoh-ogoh procession ⓘ linked to: Ogoh-ogoh parade
artForm	combination of sculpture, painting, and performance ⓘ
associatedWith	Balinese Hinduism ⓘ
calendarBasis	Balinese Saka calendar ⓘ linked to: Saka calendar
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	expression of Balinese art and craftsmanship ⓘ major pre-Nyepi celebration in Bali ⓘ tourist attraction in Bali ⓘ
features	Ogoh-ogoh effigies ⓘ giant papier-mâché figures ⓘ large demonic statues ⓘ mythological creatures ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	processional performance ⓘ
hasAudience	domestic tourists ⓘ international tourists ⓘ local residents ⓘ
includesActivity	carrying effigies through the streets ⓘ dancing with effigies ⓘ torch-lit night procession ⓘ traditional gamelan music ⓘ
linkedConcept	bhuta kala ⓘ ritual purification ⓘ
linkedRitual	Nyepi Day of Silence ⓘ linked to: Nyepi
materialUsed	bamboo ⓘ cloth ⓘ papier-mâché ⓘ styrofoam ⓘ
occursOn	Pengerupukan ⓘ
oftenConcludesWith	burning of the effigies ⓘ ritual destruction of Ogoh-ogoh ⓘ
participants	Balinese community members ⓘ banjar (local neighborhood organizations) ⓘ youth groups ⓘ
performedOnEveOf	Nyepi ⓘ
practicedIn	Bali ⓘ
purpose	to drive away negative forces ⓘ to purify the environment ⓘ to ward off evil spirits ⓘ
region	Island of Bali ⓘ linked to: Bali
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
symbolism	banishment of bhuta kala (malevolent spirits) ⓘ cleansing of the world before Nyepi ⓘ confrontation with inner vices ⓘ
timingRelativeToNyepi	evening before Nyepi Day of Silence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyepi → associatedRitual → Ogoh-ogoh parade ⓘ

Tawur Kesanga ritual → associatedWith → ogoh-ogoh ⓘ

linked to: Ogoh-ogoh parade

Ogoh-ogoh parade → alsoKnownAs → Ogoh-ogoh procession ⓘ