Brilio.net - The people of their hometown always look forward to the moment when the Hajj pilgrims return to Indonesia. Not only the family welcomed it with joy, but also neighbors and close relatives joined in the celebration.
This is what this group of pilgrims from Makassar felt. It is known that the group from the first group returning home. However, there is something that seems to steal the attention, on average the Hajj pilgrims look glamorous when they get off the plane.
It can be seen that they got off the country's proud airline, the Garuda Indonesia plane. The congregation confidently descended while carrying suitcases. On the apron, there were already several officers taking care of their arrival. This appearance can be seen in the TikTok video posted by the account @ahmadfatwatjatier.
photo: TikTok/@ahmadfatwatjatier
Reporting from sulsel.kemenag.go.id, as many as 450 pilgrims filled this group 1. Each with details of 441 Hajj pilgrims from the city of Makassar, 8 officers, and 1 Tanazul congregation included in former group 06. There were 147 elderly pilgrims in this group, of which 18 needed wheelchair assistance.
However, their eccentric appearance immediately attracted the spotlight. After arriving at Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, there were pilgrims wearing bright colored clothes such as red.
They looked like they were going down like a fashion show. Apart from the clothes that look eccentric, the jewelry all over the body is like a walking gold shop. There was even one of the congregants who confidently waved in front of the camera with a glamorous appearance.
" Lighting the new hajj ," wrote the video maker in the caption.
photo: TikTok/@ahmadfatwatjatier
The clothes he wore looked full of knick-knacks. So, when witnessed by the congregation, it looked sparkling when they got off the plane. Don't forget that there are 10 fingers, almost all of them are filled with rings.
In fact, there are also congregations who wear golden yellow headscarves. They will later take part in a series of receptions welcomed by the Makassar city authorities.
photo: TikTok/@ahmadfatwatjatier
" Welcome back to your homeland and hometown. Ladies and gentlemen, you have carried out the Hajj pilgrimage smoothly, and arrived safely in your homeland. God willing, you will be a mabrur, mabruroh Hajj ," said South Sulawesi Province Regional Secretary PLH Andi Darmawan Bintang, as reported by South Sulawesi .kemenag.go.id.
Then the video went viral and attracted the attention of netizens. Many people disagree with what the Hajj pilgrims did. Not a few also defend that this is a tradition from Makassar that has been going on for a long time.
photo: TikTok/@ahmadfatwatjatier
" Going home for Hajj isn't better, there are more errors ," said the account @geminigils31.
" This clothing has been handed down from ancestors who went on the Hajj, it is a sign of gratitude to Allah and indicates that he has completed the Hajj ," wrote the account @hjhadriani
" Who said, why is there such a stir now? It's been like this for a long time. My mother's Hajj in 2002 originally had a plane full of new Hajjs whose clothes were on. The difference is that before there was no social media ," said the account @ur'mine
" They like it as long as they don't harm people. After all, the important thing is that they go on the Hajj using their own money ," commented the account @nurlayliea.