Time to close stories on the 13-19 February Aceh visit. Jumping straight to the 7th and final day. Continuing from Visiting prominent tombs in rural Aceh Besar.
Thursday morning 19th February 2015. I was brought to the Syiah Kuala tomb complex for a big event.
Syiah Kuala was a major 17th century religious master of saintly status. His tomb is often visited by many.
But it is not often so many people come here. For this was a Maulidur Rasul celebration, commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW more that 1,400 years ago.
According to the Muslim calendar, the Prophet's birthdate was sometime more that a month earlier.
But for Muslims celebration can last up to months later.
In Aceh the Maulidur Rasul is celebrated everyday for 100 days.
It's just a matter of changing places, where and when. The one at the tomb of Syiah Kuala is a major celebration attended by tens of thousand people.
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