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Being Hindu, Bali has festivals all its own. And this goes for all the ethnic groups of Indonesia; each holds their own celebrations. On Good Friday, Portugese descendents on Flores carry a statue of the Virgin Mary in a barefoot procession with grass pompoms, black costumes, and triangular shaped caps - a tropical slant on this Roman religion. The Tenggerese of East Java throw live bulls and chickens into a mohdn crater to placate the gods in the once a year Kasada Festival. And on remote Sumba Island mock battles and jousting matches are held each April, harkening back to an era of internecine warfare. Because of the heat, Indonesians celebrate most of their ceremonies early in the morning or late at night. On holidays people come out in resplendent white clothes or bright new sarungs or kebayes, immaculately groomed. Some of the more important, Java-oriented, holidays are: