villagers gather for prayers during the Seren Thun festival, which involves a thanksgiving ceremony and ritual for a good harvest, at Sindang Barang village in West Java province, Indonesia.Sundanese folks have embraced Islam religion hundreds of years ago but practice their ancient agrarian tradition of offering a slaughtered farm with parade of native food and rice to seek blessings from the spirits for the bountiful rice harvest in their upland village during the weeklong festivities.
