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 Muslim, Christian To Lustre Up Ambon New Year's Eve Celebration



            Ambon, Maluku ( Berita ) : Hundreds of Muslim and Christian actors 
and actresses are scheduled to lustre up a New year's eve celebration at 
Merdeka Square here on Saturday evening.

            Frangky Mewar, coordinator of the the New Year's Eve celebration  
said here on Thursday  the event would be staged in accordance with a directive 
from Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu.

            He said the participation of Muslim and Chritian actors and 
actresses in the festivity was intended to strengthen the  reconciliation 
process following the sectarian clashes in the period between  January 19, 1999 
and 2002 which claimed more than 5,000 lives and left tens of thousands 
homeless.

            "The reconciliation process has so far run well but the 
participation of the actors and actresses of both religions in the celebaration 
is expected to be a good momentum for better interaction between local Muslims 
and Christians to further boost the restoration  of peaceful conditions in the 
province," he said. 

            He said the music at the party would be produced  by a mixture of  
traditional and mordern instruments with Muslim and Christian nuances as have 
always characterized Maluku culture. 

            "We have been instructed by the governor to revive the traditional 
culture of Maluku as an asset to develop the tourist sector in the province," 
Frangky said, adding that the New Year's Eve party would also be enlivened by 
fire crackers to be provided by the provincial administation. 

            The participation of Muslim and Christian actors and actresses in 
the event was also supported by the chairmen of provincial  Indonesian Ulema 
Council (MUI) Idrus Toekan, the chairman of the Maluku Protestant Church Synod 
Rev John Ruhulesin and Amboina Diocese Bishop P. C. Mandagie.

            The relgious leaders said the New Year's Eve celebration  would 
hopefully help to make the outside world realize that the conflict that 
engulfed Maluku in the past was not religiously motivated although the 
protagonists used religious symbols to spark the emotions of  followeres of 
different religions.

            They said the people of Maluku would no longer be provoked in the 
same way  because they now realize that their past conflict had brought them 
nothing but untold misery and suffering. (ant
           
     


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