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| Nurhayati, 65 (R), who lost her 17-year-old daughter in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and is still traumatized, prays at a cemetery containing mass graves in Siron, in Indonesia's Aceh province on December 26, 2019 (AFP Photo/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN) |
Banda Aceh
(Indonesia) (AFP) - Thousands of mourners flocked to mass graves Thursday in
Indonesia's Aceh province to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2004
Boxing Day tsunami, one of the worst natural disasters in history.
On a grassy
field in Aceh Besar district where at least 47,000 victims were laid to rest,
family members and relatives prayed, scattered flower petals and comforted each
other.
Among them
was Nurhayati who lost her youngest daughter in the disaster.
"I
came here every year because I miss her so much, she was only 17, just started
college," the 65-year-old told AFP, sobbing.
"It's
been 15 years but even until now every time I see an ocean, even on TV, I
shudder and feel like a big wave would be coming soon," she said.
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Many people who lost loved ones in the disaster do not know where they were
buried. Here, a woman walks past people praying at a cemetery containing mass
graves in Siron, in Indonesia's Aceh province (AFP Photo/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
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Almost
170,000 were killed in Aceh province alone when a 9.1 magnitude undersea quake
struck the predominantly Muslim province on December 26, 2004, triggering
massive tsunami waves that also killed another 50,000 people in countries
around the Indian Ocean, even as far as Somalia.
Some half a
million people were left homeless by the catastrophe that destroyed much of the
province.
Muhammad
Ikramullah was only 13 when the tsunami hit, killing his parents and younger
sibling. He spent years moving around, living with relatives and his parents'
friends until he was able to provide for himself.
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A cemetery in Ulee Lheue, Banda Aceh, contains mass graves of victims from the
2004 tsunami which killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean --
most of them in Indonesia's Aceh province (AFP Photo/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
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"I am
still traumatised, I don't think I will ever forget what happened," the
28-year-old said.
The remains
of his family have never been found, but like most people who visit the mass
grave every year, Ikramullah only wanted to pray for his loved ones even though
their bodies might not be buried there.
Years after
the disaster, bodies are still being discovered. In 2018, the remains of dozens
of people were found in a newly built housing complex.
Some have
never found where their family members were buried.
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Indonesian
tsunami survivor Jony, 48 (R), and his daughter (L) pray at a cemetery
containing mass graves in Siron, Aceh province, on the 15th anniversary of the disaster
which killed 170,000 people in the province (AFP Photo/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN) |
"I
don't know where my mother was buried," Jony China told AFP.
"But I
keep coming here because I have a feeling she was close," he said.
Indonesia
experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to it position on the
Pacific "Ring of Fire" where tectonic plates collide.
Last year a
tsunami triggered by a volcanic earthquake killed nearly 500 people in Banten
province.
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The final one, dear Human, is the hardest one for my partner and the one we wish to leave you with in this channeling tonight. This is the one that my partner doesn't want to even have me talk about. It's the appropriateness of mass death. For you, built in to your very essence is the honor for life, and the sorrow when it passes. It's correct and appropriate that this is there, and never let it be tempered. But the wisdom of understanding is also needed to help you get past some challenges of the Human heart.
"Dear Kryon, was the tsunami really necessary?" Yes it was. Almost 200,000 Human Beings passed over. It's an event that for you is filled with horror, sorrow, emotion, and challenge. Back in 1989, we told you of those that might have to leave the earth en masse, and here it is. Yet even my partner [Lee] asks the questions, "Why the children? Why the poorest parts of the earth? Why the seeming inappropriateness of all this death?"
And I say to you the same thing I said with respect to Terri: Do you understand yet that death is often as precious as life on this planet of many energies and lessons? They are not gone! They're all here [speaking from Kryon's perspective]. They're having a great time! They're joyful! It seems like a moment ago they leaned into the wind of birth with us beside them. We said, "How would you like to participate in an event that will change the compassion factor of the planet so that energies can move forward and provide faster acceleration of vibratory shift? How would you like to help create peace on earth through a consciousness shift within Gaia itself? And they said, "Show us the way!"
Do you understand why we are in love with humanity... that you would love the earth and the Universe so much that you would go through these things? So much of what you see is horrible tragedy, yet you're looking at the heroes of humanity as they deliver a gift that will change the very fabric of Gaia through the compassion created as a wave of humanity responds to their plight.
They knew the potentials and they went through with it. Even the children knew, for they're old souls within their divinity. There was so much compassion created at that time, in that one week, the earth has never seen anything like it in your lifetime. Billions of Humans were involved with a compassion that instantly went to the core of the planet. It went into the earth and it's still there. It changed the actual energy of where you walk and it planted a seeds that will grow that will indeed emerge later in Israel, and those surrounding Israel.
And that's what it's about. Yet some of you didn't want to hear that, did you? But they're here, with me now... and with you as well. How could you fit them all in this room, you might ask? They can fit on the head of a pin! That's interdimensional talk. They can go home in your purse or your pocket! That's interdimensional talk, too. And they've got a message for you that we've given before, but you can't hear it enough: "We did our part - now you do yours, Lighthouse! For the ones who remain are the only ones who can manipulate the tools we have helped create."
When you go home tonight, you're not going to be in a survival situation - in a tent in a tribe with no lights or clean water, with no food. You're not going to be in sorrow or despair. Instead, you go home to a warm place with plenty of food and friendship and the love of family. That's why you're the Lighthouses, because you have time for it. You've got the intellect for it. You're not in survival mode, as is so much of humanity on the earth. You have the education for it and the intuition for it. Now, do you understand why there are so many Lighthworkers in the western world? It's because your culture has created a situation where there's abundance of these things, and it allows you to lead the way in changing the energy of earth, instead of having all your time spent just trying to survive. Does this help you understand the responsibility of what you have before you?
Strike the light and send it to the Sudanese. Strike light and send it to those dark places with governments where there's corruption. Strike the light and send it to the scientists and researchers who already have the cures for the more virulent diseases on the planet, but can't begin their work due to the barriers of certain leadership and their old ways. Strike the light and send it to Israel and Palestine and get on with this solution! This is why you're here, and this is the agreement you made when you arrived and selected the culture you live in.
Achievable in your lifetime, it is. Peace and compassion will prevail. You shall see. You shall see.
And so it is.
Kryon
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