Sombre Aidilfitri for Rohingya

Sticking together: Rohingya refugees embracing each other after taking part in Aidilfitri prayers at a temporary shelter in Meulaboh. — AFP

At a damaged temporary shelter in western Indonesia, Rohingya men slick their hair with gel while women apply make-up and colourful hijabs to look the part for prayers at the start of the Aidilfitri festivities.

But the group of refugees are spending the end of Ramadan celebrations away from their families after surviving a dangerous sea journey from squalid Bangladesh camps for an uncertain future in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.