Parade of Schoolkids

Our tour bus got caught in a traffic jam, but it was caused by school kids, not cars!

Our guide wasn’t sure what the parade was all about, but he said it was “kinda like a wedding, but not really.”

He went on to explain that the Sasak people of Lombok Island have an old tradition where the groom kidnaps his bride to be. They sneak off together, and when they return, the family has a big procession like this in the streets.

So we don’t really know what the kids were celebrating, but just like everyone we saw around the island, they were quick to a smile, and many of them waved at us as we passed by.

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