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MANGGARAI - The residents of East Manggarai Regency, East Nusa
Tenggara were celebrating Eid Al-Adha with joy and happiness. Following the Eid Prayer, they enjoyed
the qurbani meat from the generous donors distributed by Global Qurban-ACT.
Global
Qurban-ACT also shared this happiness with some villagers in Sita Village, Rana
Mese Sub-district and Kota Ndora Village, Borong Sub-district. The
beneficiaries of this distribution included some people of other faiths. Some
of the Muslim villagers there also took part in slaughtering the animals.
One of the
local figures, Jemain Umar said that since a few years ago, Global Qurban-ACT have been
organizing qurbani sacrifices in 4 sub-districts in East Manggarai, though the
majority of their population are not Muslims. “In East Manggarai, Global
Qurban-ACT organized qurbani sacrifices in Borong Sub-district, Rana Mese,
Elar, Sambi Rampas whose populations are mainly non-Muslims,” Jemain said on
Sunday (8/11)
During the Eid Al-Adha this year, around 500 families received qurbani
meat. According to Danu Putra Anugrah, a Global Qurban - ACT, he said that one
of the purposes of this distribution is to bring happiness to the Residents of
East Manggarai. “In Sita Village, Rana Mese Sub-district for instance, there
are around 101 families, and not all of them are Muslims. Our aim is sharing
joy with those who received the qurbani meats,” ee stated.
He also said that Global Qurban-ACT will sacrifice 50 heads of cattle. “Alhamdulillah, the number of qurbani animals in East Manggarai this year is more than it is last year. During the Tasyriq Days, we are going to distribute qurbani meats for the residents of Elar Sub-district and Sambi Rampas,” Danu said.
The togetherness of the Muslims in East Manggarai during the
celebration of Eid Al-Adha was appreciated by Derniana Anguk (38). As one of
Kota Ndora residents, she felt so grateful because she could enjoy the qurbani
meat together with Muslim community in her area. “We as the residents of Kota
Ndora express our grateful. We worked together to support the celebration of
Eid Al-Adha as well as to support one of us who suffer from disease,” she said.
In Kota Ndura Village, the distribution also reached some coastal residents
who mostly work as fishermen. Budi Abdul Syukur (33), one of those fishermen,
felt grateful for qurbani meats that he received. According to him, as a
fisherman, his family and he rarely enjoy eating beef. “We rarely buy meats
because we would rather use our money for other purposes,” he said to ACTNews.
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