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Liputan6.com, Majene: The parade took place in the festive Majene, West Sulawesi. This is a form of appreciation and respect of parents for children who finish reading the Quran 30 juz. Dozens of children paraded around the village on horseback like kings and queens, Saturday (14 / 3).

Before around the village, children gathered at the Salabose Mosque, the oldest mosque is the center of Islamic embryo development in Majene. After that the procession left the dance and drum accompaniment. This annual tradition is expected to motivate other kids who have not mastered reading and writing the Koran very well.

This ritual absorbing thousands of citizens, both from the local village or outside the region. Many traffic police personnel to secure the course of the procession down the event. (AIS)