JAKARTA: As soon as Ramadan began last month, members of the Indonesian Buddhayana Family in Central Java started dividing cooking duties among themselves, in preparation for the iftar meals they plan to hand out every week throughout the fasting month.
While some are in charge of specific entrees to make meal boxes consisting of an egg dish, sauteed vegetables and soy-based protein, others make sweet iced treats, such as fruit cocktails or shaved ice.
“As Buddhists, we want to spread love all around and strengthen our ties with other religious groups, as we are all connected for being a part of the same community,” Kessy, an organizing member of the Indonesian Buddhayana Family, or KBI, in Central Java, told Arab News on Wednesday.
After distributing meal boxes and iced fruit cocktails for hundreds of Muslims in the province’s Somawangi village last Sunday, the group is setting out for the town of Jepara later this week.
“In Buddhism, one of our foundational prayers wishes the happiness of all living beings, so this is our attempt to put that prayer in practice,” Kessy said.
