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NU organizes mass prayer service for Mt Merapi victims
NU Online · Senin, 15 November 2010 | 12:10 WIB
Cikarang, NU Online
The Nahdlatul Ulama Branch Board (PCNU) of Bekasi will organize a religious gathering to remember Mount Merapi eruption victims on Tuesday night.
The event was expected to be participated in by thousands of Nahdliyin (NU followers), Munir Abbas Buchori, the chairman of the PCNU said here Monday.<<>br />
At the event which would be held at the NU secretariat in Tridaya Sakti village, Bekasi district, West Java, the organizers would also call on the general public to pray for the Mount Merapi victims, he said.
The event, he said, reflected NU's deep concern and sympathy for those affected by the Mount Merapi eruptions and for the sake of the whole nation's safety.
At the gathering, held a day before the majority of Muslims in Indonesia and other parts of the world celebrated Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) there would be a fund raising activity, he said.
NU followers and sympathizers as well as local residents attending the gathering would be asked make donations for Mount Merapi disaster survivors, he said.
Mount Merapi has erupted repeatedly but its most fatal eruptions occurred on October 26 and November 5.
As a result of the eruptions, at least 259 people had perished and many others sustained burns and became displaced.
The total number of refugees being sheltered in 639 refugee centers in Yogyakarta and Central Java reportedly reached 367,548 people.
Mount Merapi, on the border between two provinces, lies geographically close to Yogyakarta but is officially part of Central Java.
The volcano's eruptions spewed hot clouds of ash and lava into the air and sent lava down its many slopes.
Besides killing and injuring several hundreds of people, eruptions had also damaged 867 hectares of forested land on the volcano's slopes in Sleman District, Yogyakarta, with losses estimated at Rp33 billion.
The damaged forested areas included the Merapi National Park, community forests and local people's plantations.
Mount Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, whose eruptions have regularly been detected since 1548. (dar)
The Nahdlatul Ulama Branch Board (PCNU) of Bekasi will organize a religious gathering to remember Mount Merapi eruption victims on Tuesday night.
The event was expected to be participated in by thousands of Nahdliyin (NU followers), Munir Abbas Buchori, the chairman of the PCNU said here Monday.<<>br />
At the event which would be held at the NU secretariat in Tridaya Sakti village, Bekasi district, West Java, the organizers would also call on the general public to pray for the Mount Merapi victims, he said.
The event, he said, reflected NU's deep concern and sympathy for those affected by the Mount Merapi eruptions and for the sake of the whole nation's safety.
At the gathering, held a day before the majority of Muslims in Indonesia and other parts of the world celebrated Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) there would be a fund raising activity, he said.
NU followers and sympathizers as well as local residents attending the gathering would be asked make donations for Mount Merapi disaster survivors, he said.
Mount Merapi has erupted repeatedly but its most fatal eruptions occurred on October 26 and November 5.
As a result of the eruptions, at least 259 people had perished and many others sustained burns and became displaced.
The total number of refugees being sheltered in 639 refugee centers in Yogyakarta and Central Java reportedly reached 367,548 people.
Mount Merapi, on the border between two provinces, lies geographically close to Yogyakarta but is officially part of Central Java.
The volcano's eruptions spewed hot clouds of ash and lava into the air and sent lava down its many slopes.
Besides killing and injuring several hundreds of people, eruptions had also damaged 867 hectares of forested land on the volcano's slopes in Sleman District, Yogyakarta, with losses estimated at Rp33 billion.
The damaged forested areas included the Merapi National Park, community forests and local people's plantations.
Mount Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, whose eruptions have regularly been detected since 1548. (dar)
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