Kampung Tambak Bayan is the oldest Chinatown in Surabaya which is located in the middle of Surabaya City. When you first arrive, you are greeted with a mural

Sumiati or Lee Syume is a Chinese Muslim family that still maintains the tradition of welcoming Chinese New Year. She will prepare some rituals so that his father and mother in heaven are happy.

Sumiati will clean the photo booth and light incense to pray for her father and mother

Tambak Bayan village consists of houses measuring 4x5 meters and used to be used as horse stables in the Dutch colonial period

With 70 family heads and houses that are not far apart, making life in the bayan pond remain harmonious

The walls of the residents' houses are decorated with murals by Tambak Bayan residents and assisted by several students in Surabaya

This is a ritual that Sumiati always does to commemorate Chinese New Year. Sumiati has to prepare incense, foods such as fried noodles, milkfish, capcay vegetables, each of which has a good meaning in Chinese New Year. In addition, Sumiati must prepare gold banknotes and silver banknotes for the ritual of burning money so that the life of the family who has died is peaceful and comfortable in heaven.

Even though the Sum family is Muslim, Chinese New Year is always celebrated with family. One of the rituals carried out is to burn gold banknotes and silver banknotes, so that the money can be conveyed to their ancestors in heaven.

After burning the banknotes and the food has been prayed for, it's time to eat with the extended family. the Chinese New Year celebration which is always awaited by the Sumiati family because they can gather together and eat together at one big table. May this year always be full of blessings and long life.

During the pandemic, Sumiati lost her first son who was expected to be the successor to her extended family

During Chinese New Year, Sumiati walks around the village to meet neighbors and loved ones.

During the pandemic and Chinese New Year celebrations, Sugi Bintoro, brother from Sumiati made a video call with his cousins who were in Yogyakarta, Blitar and Jakarta, the long-awaited moment when attendance could not meet directly, with technology everyone could feel the joy the same one.

Because the distance between her home and her place of work is close, on the sidelines of her work, Sumiati takes the time to go home during breaks, she eats and prays.

When the moment of the fasting month is about to arrive, Sumiati and her extended family make a pilgrimage to the grave of their first child, Bayu (26), who died because of Covid.

Sumiati told how Bayu died in the beginning, when the incident took place, Sumiati's entire family was affected by Covid. Bayu's father, Sutino (58) had to be rushed to the hospital because he had comorbidities. Bayu, who only had symptoms of coughing, decided to take outpatient care at home, even though Sumiati had asked him to be treated at the Surabaya Hajj House. Because Bayu's illness was getting worse, he died at home, and an ambulance picked him up for burial at the Keputih Cemetery in Surabaya.

Bayu Andika is one of the children that Sumiati is proud of. An independent child, working while paying for his own tuition, wants to write a book about alternative medicine. Throughout her life, Sumiati saw Bayu's figure as a child who did not want to trouble others, he tried his best to be independent by living in a boarding room and being in Blitar to be close to his campus. Sumiati is very sad, but behind it all, Sumiati must continue to fight for the life of the present.