JAKARTA: On Friday, a few days before fasting, I went to do some pre-Ramadan shopping. The supermarket was bustling with what seemed to be half of the population of the city of Bogor.
In Sundanese, the tradition of “Munggahan” – where families gather to break the first fast together – entails buying copious amounts of food, especially sweets and meat.
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