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Ritual prayers

Scores of people participate in a sadranan ritual at Puroloyo Tunggulsari gravesite on the slopes of Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu in Sukabumi village, Boyolali, Central Java, on Tuesday

The Jakarta Post
Wed, May 25, 2016

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span class="inline inline-center">Scores of people participate in a sadranan ritual at Puroloyo Tunggulsari gravesite on the slopes of Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu in Sukabumi village, Boyolali, Central Java, on Tuesday. Sadranan is a Javanese tradition in which people pray for the souls of their forefathers ahead of Ramadhan. They also give offerings in the form of various foods.(JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)

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