The event has its roots in 15th-century folklore from the Majapahit kingdom, a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist empire that once stretched across Southeast Asia. Reported by Al-Jazeera
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Tengger people ascend the Mount Bromo volcano to present offerings of rice, fruit, livestock and other items. [Juni Kriswanto/AFP]
Every year, Tengger community members from the surrounding highlands…
Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at least 13 people dead and many injured, with the attacks carried out by a family of suicide bombers, according to the police, reported The Straits Times .
The attacks took place at the Santa…