Hundreds of residents of Palu City in Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, held a torch-lit parade on Sunday (11 April) ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Even though it was held in the midst of the pandemic, the parade still went ahead.

This activity is routinely carried out by residents in the city of Palu a day before Ramadan, which starts on 12 April this year.

The parade, which is mostly by children, took a route around the main streets of the city.

Children who participated in the compact torch parade wore Muslim clothing and carried a torch of bamboo containing cloth and kerosene wicks. The participants also brought tambourines, which they played while singing Islamic songs.

One of the parade participants, Andi Rahmat, said: "This is an annual routine activity. Even though this year is still a corona virus pandemic, we are still implementing it with hundreds of participants.”

According to Rahmat, the pandemic has not discouraged children from holding a torch parade to welcome this year's fast.

"This is the second year of the pandemic. Last year it was not held. This year we held it because of the spirit of the children and we hope everything is fine," he said.

One of the participants in the torch parade, Bentar, said that he was very happy to participate in this year's torch parade.

"I'm happy because I can join the torch parade again. I am used to participate, only last year I did not participate, "he said.

Hundreds of residents in Palu City, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, held a torch parade on Sunday (11/4/2021) night. Even though it was held in the midst of the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic, the torch parade ahead of the holy month of Ramadan 1442 Hijri is still running smoothly and orderly.

This activity is routinely carried out by residents who live in the city of Palu a day before the implementation of the holy month of Ramadan which is carried out by all Muslims in the world on April 12, 2021.

This year, the torch parade, which is dominated by children, took the route around the main streets in the city.

Children who participated in the compact torch parade wore Muslim clothing. Apart from carrying a torch made of bamboo containing cloth and kerosene wicks, the participants also brought a tambourine musical instrument.

While walking with torches, they played tambourines while singing Islamic songs.

A number of participants, both men and women, seemed very enthusiastic about participating in this torch parade.

One of the parade participants, Andi Rahmat, said that this routine parade was held before the holy month of Ramadan 1442 Hijriah.

"This is an annual routine activity. Even though this year is still a corona virus pandemic, we are still implementing it with hundreds of participants, "he said.

According to Rahmat, the pandemic has not discouraged children from holding a torch parade as a spirit to welcome this year's fast.

"This is the second year of the pandemic. "Last year it was not held, this year we held it because of the spirit of the children and we hope everything is fine," he said.

One of the participants in the torch parade, Bentar, said that he was very happy to participate in this year's torch parade.

"I'm happy because I can join the torch parade again. I am used to participate, only last year I did not participate, "he said.


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