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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Passengers wait for a bus as people return to their hometowns, known locally as ‘mudik’, ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration, at Kampung Rambutan Terminal in Jakarta April 4, 2024. — Reuters pic
JAKARTA, April 9 — Aditya Nugraha, a 21-year-old Indonesian, was travelling from the capital city of Jakarta to his hometown of Palembang on Sumatra island, over 500 km (310 miles) away, to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr (Hari Raya Aidilfitri) this week.
The festival, also called Lebaran in Indonesia, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It falls tomorrow this year and the entire week will be celebrated by more than 220 million people in Indonesia, which has one of the world’s largest Muslim populations.
Aditya was one of the many millions travelling to his home town in a mass exodus known locally as “mudik” and usually marked by hours of traffic jams, especially on the main island of Java.
“We departed from home last night around 9, and now it’s been 13 hours and we are still stuck in this very long traffic. Hopefully, there will be a solution to this soon,” Aditya told Reuters yesterday, waiting to enter the port in the town of Merak for a ferry to cross from Java to Sumatra.
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Passengers wait to board a train at the train station to return to their hometown, an activity locally known as ‘mudik’, ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration, in Jakarta April 3, 2024. — Reuters pic
Drone footage yesterday showed thousands of vehicles queuing to enter the ferries, while many more were on the road heading to the port, stretching far outside Merak.
People living in Jakarta, a city of 11 million people, started leaving the capital over the weekend, according to the Transport Ministry.
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Around 193 million people were expected to travel during the festivities this year, according to a survey by the ministry, around 56 per cent higher compared to the number of travellers during the Aidilfitri holidays last year. — Reuters
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