The group of 23 people was holding hands and meditating on Payangan beach in East Java, Indonesia. The accident occurred at about 00:25 a.m. local time on Sunday when 23 people were conducting a traditional ritual at the Payangan beach in Jember district, Head of Operation Unit of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency in East Java Budi Santosa said. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM GOOGLE MAPS

Indonesian police conduct a reconstruction to investigate an accident that killed ten people during a beach ritual in Jember, East Java on February 13, 2022. “Suddenly, tidal waves came and swept them into the sea. It was at the southern coast of Java island, and the waves are huge. They had been forbidden to do such activity,” Head of Operation Unit of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency in East Java Budi Santosa told Xinhua by phone. (Photo by SEBASTIAN REVAN JUNARDI / AFP)

Indonesian members of a search and rescue team evacuate dead bodies during a search operation following a beach ritual accident that killed ten people in Jember, East Java on February 13, 2022. (Photo by SEBASTIAN REVAN JUNARDI / AFP)