Portal:Indonesia/POTW/33, 2007



Children in a Sasak village on Lombok island. Sasak people is one of ethnic groups in Indonesia that mainly live in West Nusa Tenggara province. Unlike Balinese, the closest related people who adhere to the Hinduism, most Sasak people are Moslem but with high influence of Hinduism and Buddhism traditions. Their Islamic practice are somewhat different, that is popularly called Wektu Telu (or Three Times), to denote the difference of their daily praying time. Instead of normally five, Sasak people observe ritual praying three times a day.

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