THE Hindus prepare offerings and sacrificial animals to the sea during the Aci Pakelem Hulu-Teben ring Panca Segara ceremony in Kuta, Badung, Bali, Saturday, August 7. The ritual, which is held simultaneously by the Bali provincial government at five locations, is carried out to beg for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic so that people can return to normal life and to keep away various disasters and calamities. ANTARA/Fikri Yusuf