Have you seen a picture of rushing people packed like sardine? From Jakarta, take the train to some destinations you prefer to go throughout Java, and automatically you will become one of them.
It is hard to make a reservation today by any means of transportation even if you are eager to, to have a convenience one. Jakartans are gearing up for the massive holy season exodus this week, when many will visit relatives mostly in small towns in Central and East java as part of the post-Ramadan festivities, the Jakarta Post reports.
Mudik as the Indonesian calls it, literally means going home or return. The phenomenon which is followed by a home-bound traffic and forces the government to brace for such problems as well, has long been lasting as a ritually annual trip; mainly concentrated in the capital city, big cities and Java in general.
According to Chaedar Alwasilah, a professor at the Indonesia University of Education (UPI) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, the mudik phenomenon is an annual event that distinctively characterizes Indonesian Muslims as a nation. Fasting in Ramadan and celebrating Idul Fitri are commonly observed by Muslims all over the globe, yet mudik is uniquely characteristic of Indonesians. As a recurring even mudik is predictable in many aspects, and therefore it can be explained sociologically.
Predictably it entails day-long traffic jam, congestion, high-cost and risky travel, and often accidents and death.
However, home is home sweet home; everybody is longing to see his sweet home and to greet his folks. You cannot find the same occasion some other time in the same year. Mudik is not merely a cultural ceremony but must be part of hablun minannas or devotion to God by way of interpersonal commitment. Muslims who believe that Lebaran(the Feast Day of Islam known as Idul Fitri)is rahmatan lil alamin (God’s mercy on human beings) also realize that it is celebration for all: Muslims, non-Muslims, fasting ones, on-fasting ones, the haves, and the have-nots.
Therefore, put aside all anxiety on the way home, everybody can’t wait for the Feast Day to come!
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