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In Islam, an ajisãrì is one who arouses others to pray and feast during Ramadan. The term can also refer to the practice itself. They go from house to house, as early as 2:00 AM, beating their kettle drum with a stick and singing (screaming) at the top of their voice. This is purely a religious duty; it is voluntary. Although the ajisari does not expect to be compensated by their fellow believers, they believe that Allah will reward them, in the hereafter, for forsaking their bed and discomforting themself during the month-long fasting period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ajisari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.