The Abepantai and Waena Batas Kota public cemeteries in Abepura and Heram were on Monday seen packed with a multitude of visitors to offer prayers for their dead relatives.
"My family and I bring some flowers to our grandmother`s grave at Abepantai public cemetery to over prayer for her," Rohamad, an Abepura resident, said on Monday.
Rohamad admitted that based on last year experience, they visited their grandma`s grave in the afternoon and were trapped in the crowd, so this year they made the devotional visit to the cemetery earlier.
Meanwhile, La Ida of Entrop district said at Waena Batas Kota public cemetery that with his family they made a devotional visit on Monday to clean up their grandfather`s grave and to offer some prayers.
"We visited the cemetery in the run up to Ramadan fasting month, and today we come here again to offer some prayers for our beloved grandpa," La Ida said in the company of his family and relatives.
Jacy, a flower seller at Batas Kota public cemetery, also admitted that a lot of Muslims in Jayapura made devotional visit to the graves of their loved ones ahead of Lebaran festivity.
"Since the past three days many pilgrims have been packing the cemeteries, and thanks God my flowers can be sold out," Jacy said.
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