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A critical review : religion and disaster : a response to John Campbell-Nelson
Adeney-Risakotta, Farsijana
Adeney-Risakotta, Farsijana
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However, disaster is not only about the question of why it had to happen. I was running with my dog, Dusky, when the 5.9 tectonic earthquake hit Yogyakarta on Saturday morning, May 27, 2006. The first question that blasted in my mind at the time was, Where is the source of the earthquake? Since we live close to a very active volcano, Mt. Merapi, many people in Yogyakarta thought the earthquake might be connected with the eruption of Merapi. The government of the Sleman district had prepared the people around Merapi to face the possibility of an imminent eruption of Merapi. Government preparations were different from “Grandfather” (Mbah) Maridjan who was known as the “Keeper of Merapi” (Juru Kunci). Mbah Maridjan assumed that he was part of the power of Merapi. He holds Merapi rituals, as well as praying five times a day as a Moslem. When the wedus gembel (literally “white sheep” – which are dangerous clouds of super hot gasses that flow down the mountain) erupted, he walked around his house, greeting the clouds by saying Assalamuailakum with his hand facing
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2014
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9782940428694
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