Hari Raya exodus

Mudik frenzy grips Indonesia ahead of Hari Raya

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JAKARTA - Three years of waiting for a family reunion during Hari Raya Aidilfitri have finally come to an end for Indonesian housewife Alnuria Titania and her husband Dony Setyo Prasojo, 32, who works in a textile company.
On Tuesday (April 26), with two young children in tow and packed gifts of chocolate and peanut cookies, they boarded a train from Jakarta's Pasar Senen railway station heading for Bojonegoro, in East Java province, for an eight-day holiday with "a hundred" family members and friends.
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