Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims took part in a massive procession before beginning a month of fasting for Ramadan.

Footage captured on Friday morning (May 4) shows people of all ages at the march, with some holding banners and others taking selfies.

The six-kilometer (3.7 miles) procession in Palembang, Sumatra, follows the Muhammad Isa Ilir road along a route made by a celebrated cleric.

Ramadan begins on May 15 this year, with followers of Islam fasting between sunrise and sunset for about 30 days.

Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population, with approximately 225 million Muslims – 87 percent of the country's population.

dozens of thousands of Muslims both in the country and abroad such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei perform procession, Friday morning (04 May 2018) This journey down the road muhammad isa ilir palembang to the cemetery of al habib ahmad bin shahab or the better known cemetery duku duku with a distance of about six kilometers. the procession was carrying banners inscribed with tauhid sentence, meant that Muslims follow the path of the journey of the scholars and auliya in developing the religion of Islam. alhabib ahmad bin shaykh shahab is known as a cleric who persistently fight for the religion of Islam in the city of palembang in about 1300 hijriah, including the development of mosques dipalembang such as the grand mosque, mosque muntok muntok in bangka belitung and also mosque darul muttaqin in Palembang street. In addition, residents also pilgrimage to the tomb of alhabib aqil bin muhammad yahya who is also a friend of alhabib ahmad bin syeik shahab. this one scholar also has a high religious knowledge and highly admired citizens of Palembang. a number of citizens are enthusiastic with the pilgrimage tradition, in addition to reminding the citizens of the struggle of the scholars and auliya as well as a welcome form of the coming of the holy month of ramadan and the most important as a form of remembering death.
(interview / ali zainal abidin bin shahab / pilgrim)
"This annual pilgrimage enters the fasting month usually two weeks before the fast. this is not only followed domestically but also abroad like saudi arabia, malaysia singapore. this tra