Thousands attend Indonesia's Tabuik festival, where mythical horse effigies are paraded and cast into the sea. Miles de personas asisten al festival Tabuik de Indonesia, donde se exhiben efigies de caballos míticos y se arrojan al mar.

Thousands of people attended a centuries-old ritual in western Indonesia, where two ornate, mythical horse-shaped effigies were paraded and then cast into the sea. Miles de personas asistieron a un ritual centenario en el oeste de Indonesia, donde dos ornamentadas efigies míticas con forma de caballo desfilaban y luego eran arrojadas al mar. The festival, called Tabuik, has roots in the Muslim holy day of Ashura, when Shiites mourn the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. El festival, llamado Tabuik, tiene sus raíces en el día sagrado musulmán de Ashura, cuando los chiítas lloran la muerte del Imam Hussein, nieto del profeta Mahoma. The 12-meter-high effigies were deliberately knocked into each other before being toppled into the surf, accompanied by a traditional band. Las efigies de 12 metros de altura fueron golpeadas deliberadamente unas contra otras antes de ser arrojadas a las olas, acompañadas por una banda tradicional.