Praonan, a Unique Way of Celebrating the 7th Day of Eid Al-Fitr at Pasuruan

TIMESINDONESIA, PASURUAN – Almost every moslem in Indonesia celebrate the 7th day of Eid al-Fitr. There are many ways of conducting it and thepeopke of Pasuruan chose to do it with Praonan.

Praonan is a a local tradition where the fishing boat turn up in to a commercial boat to take the visitors sailing around the sea. This tradition has been held for years and always be conducted on the 7th day of Eid al-Fitr.

Lots of local tourist will take a chance on this occasion just to taste how it feels to sail in a boat. Not only the children, people are coming from every age to the older.

"I'd like to take my grandchild to give him some experience on sailing in a fishing boat to the sea, it once in a year chance, so why not," Santoso a local tourist said.

Surely, Praonan became a fascinating experience for them in Pasuruan. They only need to pay the admission for IDR 5 K for each to get in to the boat and feel the breeze. Even if they are lucky they could find the tiger shark swimming around the boat. (*)

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