Sutiyoso to host thanksgiving

Sutiyoso to host thanksgiving

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Tuesday he
would host a mass gathering to celebrate the successful General
Session of the People's Consultative Assembly.

"The gathering, called a selamatan (thanksgiving), will be
held on Wednesday as Gus Dur suggested," the governor said.
President Abdurrahman Wahid is popularly known as Gus Dur.

The governor said the gathering would be held at the National
Monument in Central Jakarta beginning at 5:30 p.m.

City administration spokesman Muhayat said some 800 guests,
including officials from the Jakarta chapters of political
parties, councilors and leaders of non-governmental
organizations, had been invited to the thanksgiving.

Muhayat said seven tumpeng (ceremonial dishes of yellow rice
served in the shape of a cone) would be cut by Sutiyoso, the
mayors of the city's five mayoralties and City Council Speaker
Edy Waluyo during the event.

"The gathering will be a simple one," he said.

He said Sutiyoso and the guests also would perform the evening
prayer during the thanksgiving.

The governor promised last week to hold a mass gathering to
celebrate the Assembly's successful General Session and the
election of Abdurrahman and Vice President Megawati
Soekarnoputri. (jun)