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Rendra family to bury poet around noon today





The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 08/07/2009 8:46 AM | National

WS Rendra's family plans to bury the noted poet and artist before Friday prayer around noon at his Bengkel Teater workshop in Citayam Depok.

Muhammad Muktar Al Husini, an Islamic teacher at the workshop, told tempointeraktif.com that the family was still waiting the arrival of Rendra's sons Sammy and Jonas from Yogyakarta and Kalimantan, respectively.






“God willing, if all the family have gathered, we will bury him before the Friday prayer,” he said.

The family, however, also had decided for burial after the Friday prayer in the afternoon if the sons were unable to arrive Friday.

Willibrodus Surendra Broto Rendra passed away Thursday at about 10 p.m. at a hospital in Depok. He was 74. (dre)



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