TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Regional Workplace of the Non secular Affairs Ministry (Kanwil Kemenag) assessed that the ready time for the hajj pilgrimage within the area has now exceeded 30 years.
“For now, the ready time is estimated to be round 34 years, however for certainty, we’re ready for KMA (Decree of the Non secular Affairs Minister),” mentioned Aidi Johansyah, the top of the hajj and umrah organizing unit of the Yogyakarta Kanwil Kemenag, on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
The lengthy ready interval was attributable to the rising enthusiasm of individuals to carry out the pilgrimage. Nevertheless, the hajj ready time in Yogyakarta remains to be beneath that of South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi, which is round 50 years.
Aidi talked about there’ll seemingly be 3,116 would-be pilgrims on this 12 months’s departure. Intimately, 1,133 from Bantul, 921 from Sleman, 419 from Gunungkidul, 388 from Yogyakarta Metropolis, and 255 from Kulon Progo.
In response to him, potential pilgrims within the area have been not dominated by the aged or senior residents. “There are additionally many younger individuals. This 12 months, we count on that the youngest potential pilgrim will probably be 18 years outdated and the oldest will probably be 95 years outdated,” mentioned Aidi, including that there’ll solely be 157 aged individuals.
Concerning the 2023 hajj journey expense which was elevated by Rp10 million to Rp49.8 million, Aidi mentioned it might not have an effect on the keenness of the would-be pilgrims who have been scheduled to depart this 12 months. “Thank God, there isn’t a report of potential pilgrims stepping down [from the list] as a result of we now have disseminated the determine.”
PRIBADI WICAKSONO (CONTRIBUTOR)
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