Jelang Waisak

MAGELANG, 31/5 - PROSESI JELANG WAISAK. A monkhu brought a sacred fire torch taken from Merapen’s perennial fire source when it would be purified in the Mendut Temple, Magelang, Central Java, Thursday (31/5). The great day of Buddhists, Tri Holy Waisak 2551 BE/2007 which falls on Friday (1/6), in the Mendut Temple and Borobudur was followed by six ASEAN countries. ANTARA/Ismar Patrizki/Koz/pd/07.