Family members and relatives sit in a circle around containers filled with various cakes and snacks at the Gunung cemetery in Sukabumi, Cepogo, Boyolali in Central Java. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

Residents join a mass prayer to pay their respects to their ancestors buried at the cemetery. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

All residents, including children, take part in the Nyadran ritual. The tradition, which is performed to welcome the fasting month of Ramadhan, also aims to strengthen family bonds. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

Snacks and cakes are arranged neatly inside tenongs, containers made of aluminum or bamboo. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

The tradition of Nyadran has become a bonding time for family members and relatives who live outside their home village and city to perform the ritual. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

A resident collects money from family members and relatives to be given to the cemetery caretaker to maintain the cemetery’s cleanliness and tidiness. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

Residents prepare incense to be burned as part of their prayer to honor their ancestors. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

A man recites prayers at the grave of one of his ancestors. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

Before the Nyadran ritual, residents of Cepogo, Boyolali, sweep and clean up their ancestors’ graves. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

A resident carrying an empty tenong heads home after the ritual. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo

After the ritual, the residents head home and some pay a visit to their neighbors. The Jakarta Post/ Albertus Magnus Kus Hendratmo