Tradition of the day:
Golo Koe Festival — Flores, Indonesia 🇮🇩
Every 10th August
On the island of Flores, Indonesia, 10 August marks the beginning of the peak celebrations of the Golo Koe “Maria Assumpta Nusantara” Festival, a remarkable meeting point between faith, local culture and community life.
The festival's spiritual heart is a Marian pilgrimage, in which the statue of Our Lady of the Assumption travels through communities before reaching Labuan Bajo. The journey brings parishes together and turns the religious celebration into a shared cultural experience.
But Golo Koe is much more than a religious gathering.
Traditional Manggarai culture takes centre stage. The programme includes traditional dances, music, cultural performances and the famous Caci, a traditional Manggarai whip-and-shield performance. The festival also brings together people from different ethnic and religious communities, making cultural exchange part of the celebration.
10 August opens the cultural programme with creative-economy and culinary exhibitions alongside an archipelago-wide arts and culture performance. Local communities, schools, institutions and small businesses participate, allowing traditional creativity and local products to become part of the celebration.
The festival also connects culture with care for nature. Environmental education, tree planting, coral-reef restoration awareness, mangrove activities and beach clean-ups form part of the wider programme. The idea is striking: celebrating the community also means protecting the environment that sustains it.
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