Decorations and lanterns are on display as Bahtra Sasana monastery in Tanjung Pinang city, Riau Islands rings in Chinese New Year.

Filmed on January 24, residents are seen making offerings to their ancestors and sparrow sellers provide birds to be released after prayer, as a symbol of sustenance during the Year of the Rat.

Indonesian Chinese prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year in Tanjungpinang city, Bintan island, Riau islands province, Indonesia on January 24, 2020.
Chinese New Year celebrations in Indonesia have been celebrated since the era of reform or the fall of the Suharto regime.
This year is the year of the mouse for Buddhists around the world.
People are praying at the Bahtra Sasana monestry in Tanjungpinang, Bintan island, Indonesia.
Residents are making offerings to their ancestors by feeding and burning paper in the form of money.
Sparrow sellers provide birds to be released by the Chinese after prayer as a symbol to get sustenance in the year of mouse.