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Mbah Maridjan’s son named Merapi gatekeeper
The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Tue, 04/05/2011 8:00 AM

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta administration has appointed Mas Lurah Suraksosihono, better known as Asih, to replace his father, Mbah Maridjan, as the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi volcano.

The 44-year-old was inaugurated on Monday in a ceremony attended by 229 others who were also installed as officials of the Yogyakarta Sultanate.