WEEKEND STORIES (62 news)

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Pandemic alters Eid al-Adha animal sacrifice ritual in 2020

Eid al-Adha, or the Day of Sacrifice, is one of the two major festivals apart from Eid al-Fitr for Indonesia, where ...

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Hajj pilgrimage in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

On Wednesday (July 29), or 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 1441 Hijri, pilgrims congregated in Mina, Mecca, to perform the Tarwiyah ...

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Message of Idul Adha to Indonesian Muslims amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Muslims nationwide partook in the Idul Adha mass prayers on Friday morning despite ...

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Implementing health protocols in wet markets remains challenging

  With Indonesia implementing the new normal, now being referred to as “adapting to new habits”, ...

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Public transport adapts for new normal, continues alternate seating

As the Indonesian government prepares to reopen the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the transportation sector ...

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Places of worship adapt to new normal, strive for safety

  On July 4 this year, as the Hindu congregation in Jakarta celebrated Saraswati Day, Dewa Wiguna visited the ...

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Restaurants in Jakarta reopen doors with caution

A group of customers queues in front of a coffee shop's entrance in southern Jakarta as a waitress, wearing a ...

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Indonesia recasts peacekeeping strategy, to focus on quality

Indonesia has been helping uphold world peace and order by deploying its troops for service in the United ...

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Creative ways to stay sane: quarantine stories

It is Day 10 of 15 for Stefani Meidry, 24, posting fashionable selfies of herself on Facebook while in ...

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A closer look at workers' mental health amid COVID-19

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which broke out late December last year in China’s Wuhan, has spread to ...

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Coping strategies for parents to protect mental health amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to adapt to ‘a new normal’, with parents having to don several hats ...

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Coronavirus taking a mental toll on medical workers

The United Nations (UN) has recently warned the coronavirus pandemic could cause a global mental health crisis. A ...

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Didi Kempot, 'The Godfather of Broken Heart', and why he matters

For many, Didi Kempot, the popular campursari singer who passed away this week at the age of 53, will remain the ...

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Celebrating heartbreaks with Lord Didi

Love and heartbreak often go hand-in-hand, and for the broken-hearted, Didi Kempot offered a measure of solace, ...

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Didi Kempot, melancholic tunes, and catharsis for broken hearts

The passing of Javanese pop songster Didi Kempot has left the Indonesian public stunned and grief-stricken. After ...

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Jokowi, Prabowo fondly recollect memories of Didi Kempot

Dionisius Prasetyo, popularly known as Didi Kempot, breathed his last in Surakarta, Central Java, on Tuesday morning, ...

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Paying of zakat during Ramadhan changes slightly amid coronavirus

In Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest Muslim population, silence shrouds most mosques and other ...

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Impact of COVID-19 on the tradition of 'mudik' in Indonesia

For Indonesians, the festivities in the month of Ramadhan are marked by a number of traditions, one of which is ...

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Solace for those performing tarawih in solitude amid pandemic

After he has taken iftar, or the evening meal, which is eaten for breaking the Ramadhan fast, and he hears the nearby ...

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Fasting during the COVID-19 outbreak

Each year, Muslims around the world fast during the holy month of Ramadhan, as part of traditional rituals of ...