PHOTO ESSAY: Swine fever: Christian residents in Muslim-majority Indonesia's remote Lake Toba region launch new festival celebrating pigs.
In this Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, photo, a visitor takes a selfie with a pig during Toba Pig and Pork Festival, in Muara, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Christian residents in Muslim-majority Indonesia's remote Lake Toba region have launched a new festival celebrating pigs that they say is a response to efforts to promote halal tourism in the area.
The festival features competitions in barbecuing, pig calling and pig catching as well as live music and other entertainment. Organizers say the events are part of the culture of the largely Christian community that lives in the area. Christians in the Lake Toba area say they are worried that efforts will be made to promote the lake as halal tourism spot. Halal tourism aims to attract Muslim families by meeting their religious and dietary requirements — including no alcohol, certified food and facilities such as segregated swimming pools.
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