Cake war breaks out on Prophet's birthday in Gorontalo

A traditional commemoration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday got out of hand momentarily in Gorontalo on Tuesday, when a cake war broke out in the middle of the ceremony.
The ceremony had commenced at 7 a.m., with piles of cakes known as walima paraded around the city in cars, electric pedicabs and horse-drawn carts, while members of the Gorontalo public and officials looked on.
All the walimas were to be taken to the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque yard, where a mosque imam was scheduled to lead a prayer before the cakes were then distributed.
However, thousands of people crowding the yard became impatient and started grabbing at the cakes before the prayers were recited. During the upset, some of the people and the drivers who had been carrying the cakes started throwing them at each other in a food fight.
Security guards could not to control the group.
“The image of the Prophet's birthday has been tainted by this. People shouldn't have grabbed the cakes and should have waited patiently until the prayers were complete,” ceremony participant Rita Yusuf, 45, said Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.