Buddhist monks walking in procession as they gathered alms in Magelang town in Indonesia’s Central Java province, yesterday, on the eve of Vesak Day. The Buddhist minority celebrates Vesak religious festival, a day that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of the Buddha in this predominantly Islamic country.

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