Here's the Procession Stage of the Funeral of Ani Yudhoyon's Body
The late former First Lady Ani Yudhoyono was buried in Cikeas Hall, Bogor, West Java, Sunday (2/6) morning, not far from the family residence of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's family. SBY expressed his heartfelt remarks in front of a crowd of mourners and broadcast live on television. The former 6th President of the Republic called his late wife a loving person. "Ms. Ani is very dear to her brothers and sisters, the Indonesian people, whatever their identity, whatever their religion, whatever their ethnicity, from which region, their political flow, she loves everybody. Ms. Ani treats all as brothers. For 10 years accompanying me, that's how Ms. Ani is friendly to maintain brotherhood and even harmony with her siblings across identities, "he said. SBY also thanked all those who have prayed for the recovery of Ani's mother when she battled malignant cancer for the past four months.
Mourners, many of them community leaders, continued to arrive to pay their final respects and pray for the late Mrs. Ani on Sunday. After the funeral ceremony, zuhr prayer, and funeral prayer, the plan is to be taken to the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery to be buried in a ceremony led directly by President Joko Widodo. Ani Yudhoyono died at the age of 66, Saturday (1/6) afternoon at Singapore's National University Hospital.