[RitchieAprile]

I wasn’t aware that was part of the tradition.

Were these real churches or symbolic huts built for the occaision?

[george76]

Not huts.

The HKBP community has been the target of Islamic extremists for years. Muslims have shut down their church twice and prevented them from holding services in private locations. This month, they have begun to disrupt open-air Sunday services with threats and insults. In the first six months of the year, there were 28 anti-Christian attacks across Indonesia, seven in the city of Bekasi alone.

The HKBP community has been in Bekasi for more than 20 years and can count on about 1,500 members...

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Christians-in-Bekasi-forced-to-celebrate-in-the-open-air-under-police-protection-19063.html