Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians Celebrate Bakar Tongkang Festival

DELI SERDANG, INDONESIA - AUGUST 21: Ethnic Chinese-Indonesians offer prayer during the Bakar Tongkang Festival on August 21, 2022 in Deli Serdang, Indonesia. The ritual of the Bakar Tongkang Festival or the tradition of burning replicas of ships as a form of gratitude to ancestors is believed in history when Chinese immigrants first set foot in Indonesia using barges. It is celebrated every year in the 7th month according to the Chinese calendar, as the month of freedom to bring prayers to the ancestors by burning replicas of traditional Chinese ships in the form of offerings, replicas of paper money and other staples as the highlight of the festival. (Footage by Albert Damanik/Getty Images)
DELI SERDANG, INDONESIA - AUGUST 21: Ethnic Chinese-Indonesians offer prayer during the Bakar Tongkang Festival on August 21, 2022 in Deli Serdang, Indonesia. The ritual of the Bakar Tongkang Festival or the tradition of burning replicas of ships as a form of gratitude to ancestors is believed in history when Chinese immigrants first set foot in Indonesia using barges. It is celebrated every year in the 7th month according to the Chinese calendar, as the month of freedom to bring prayers to the ancestors by burning replicas of traditional Chinese ships in the form of offerings, replicas of paper money and other staples as the highlight of the festival. (Footage by Albert Damanik/Getty Images)
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Albert Damanik
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August 21, 2022
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