Manado

Manado

Christmas is celebrated in many different ways all around the world. Even though Indonesia is only 10% of Indonesia's population is catholic, there are still 250, 000 people that are catholic/Cristian. There are many different cities in Indonesia, and I am going to talk about 1 of them.

 Manado have a very unique and fun tradition.  In Manado, Christmas celebrations begin on the 1st december with pre-christmas practices leading up to the 25th december.

Many also have the tradition of visiting graves of loved ones after Christmas but before New Years Eve. During that period, the graves are decorated with Christmas lights and tinsel.

Christmas celebrations continue until the first Sunday of January, where it ends with the kunci taon tradition where the community parades the streets and villages in cute and entertaining costumes. 

Kunci Taon is a parade in Manado and is another very unique tradition. In this parade, the people don't use typical garbs and decorations, instead, they put on some funny, garish and weird costumes! The parade is held on the first week of January, but is still considered a christmas tradition.

To watch Kunci Taon, click on this link! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JpDKmfqPdo
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