Muslims have welcomed Idul Fitri in Indonesia with a return to festivities to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, after two years of muted celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aside from lifting the ban on mudik (exodus), the government eased the pandemic restrictions for this year’s Idul Fitri to allow Indonesian Muslims to hold congregational prayers and visit family and friends relatives, all part and parcel of the annual holiday tradition in the world’s largest Muslim majority country, while still adhering to the health protocols.

In Jakarta, hundreds of thousands of Muslims crowded Istiqlal Grand Mosque, the largest mosque in the country, to attend Idul Fitri prayers on Monday morning.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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