Teraju.id, Ahead the Pontianak Town Square (12/9/2016) – Takbir sound filled the air everywhere. The crowd of citizens walked step by step towards the nearby Surau (small-sized Mosques), Mosques and fields to deliver their Eid Al-Adha 1437H prayers. The slightly cold, bright and overcast atmosphere of the morning made the Eid prayer congregations shaded.
The boys and girls scout who are members of the Committee of the Islamic Great Day, or what is known in Indonesian as Panitia Hari Besar Islam (PHBI) in Pontianak City went down from rows to rows to take some donation. 18 donation boxes were provided along the side of prayer rows.
As usual, the congregations brought the old newspapers with them to be pedestals for their ‘Sajadah’ (prayer mat). Unlike the previous years, recently the newspapers were collected and put in order. H. Sutarmidji, SH, M. Hum, the Mayor of Pontianak encouraged the people to voluntarily pick up, enfold, and keep the newspapers on the side of the road. The used newspapers are not supposed to be left scattered in the middle of the way.
