A Batak family plans to perform Mangokal Holi — a ceremony to honor ancestors. However, chaos erupts when their great grandfather's skeleton is suddenly lost.
Acting
Tanta Ginting's exasperated uncle energy carries entire scenes
Production
Rare authentic Mangokal Holi ritual depiction on screen
Writing
Batak-specific humor that still lands universally
Director
Sammaria Simanjuntak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mangokal Holi is a genuine secondary burial tradition where Batak families exhume, clean, and reinter ancestral bones — rarely depicted in mainstream Indonesian cinema.
Director Sammaria Simanjuntak specifically cast Tanta Ginting and Landung Simatupang for their authentic Batak backgrounds, improvising much of the family bickering.
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