Enter the Year of the Ox

Welcome to February 2021 and a sense of renewal with the coming of the Lunar New Year.

In the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded. In the Year of the Rat, the force was the fast, hard, active yang, while the element was water. The Ox’s earthly branch, is associated with yin, which is slow, soft and passive. Its element is earth, representing stability and nourishment. Since this is a Metal year, the color of 2021 is going to be white/silver. Besides white, the lucky colors of the Ox are yellow and green, colors that attract prosperity and success. To increase your luck, wear metal accessories.

We embarked on a journey of traditional Balinese wooden cow bells, woven bamboo horn sculptures, Indonesian buffalo cultures and their textiles, handmade angpao and more for events at John Hardy Seminyak.

We worked with Threads of Life to bring textiles and stories of cloth from around Indonesia to John Hardy in Seminyak. Guests (safely) gathered to listen to a talk while enjoying morning tea or coffee in the open air space.

The Year of the Ox was also celebrated with a special farmer to table dinner by Nusantara. We created ox wayang for the tables based on a custom illustration by Maya Kerthyasa.