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Students sit in circles during a Koran recital class on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
During Ramadan Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.
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Students perform an afternoon prayer on the first day of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
As the world's most populous Muslim nation, Ramadan is a month of celebration in Indonesia.
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A Muslim woman reads the Koran at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
During Ramadan, Muslims put more time and effort into performing religious activities such as reciting the Koran or visiting mosques.
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Indonesian Muslims perform an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, July 9, 2013.
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Indonesian Muslims perform an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2013.
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Muslim clerics are silhouetted as they scan the horizon for the crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 8, 2013.
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Students perform an afternoon prayer on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
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Students read the Koran on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
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Indonesian Muslims perform an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2013.
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Students sit in circles during a Quran recital class on the first day of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
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A Muslim woman sits between pillars of Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
