Five years on: Vice President Boediono visits the Tsunami Museum on Saturday in Banda Aceh. Boediono was in Aceh to observe the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami which devastated the area on Dec. 26, 2004. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari)
Vice President Boediono visited on Saturday morning Siron Lambaro mass grave in Banda Aceh, where tens of thousands of victims of tsunami were buried, and later joined thousands of Acehnesse at Ulee Lheue beach to commemorate the devastating tsunami five years ago.
Accompanying Boediono included former Aceh governor Mustafa Abubakar, currently state minister of state-owned enterprises, and former Aceh and Nias Reconstruction Agency (BRR) chairman Kuntoro Mangkusubroto.
Antara state news agency reported that thousands of Acehnesse from various parts of Banda Aceh and even from outside Banda Aceh joined in the mass prayers to commemorate the devastating tsunami five years ago that killed over 200,000 people, mostly in Aceh.
Some of the people burst into tears while praying for their loved ones killed by the tsunami.
Ansari, one of local public figures, told Antara news agency that other Acehnesse people conducted mass prayers in numerous mosques across the Aceh province.
At Lhoong grand mosque, for example, about 200 people joined the mass prayer on Saturday morning.
Preacher Abdurrahman Idris told congregations at the Lhoong grand mosque to clean themselves from sins and remind each other the importance of avoiding sins and doing good deeds.
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