Dancing maestro Mimi Rasinah dead at 80
Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon | Sun, 08/08/2010 5:35 PM
Mimi Rasinah (Kompas.com)
Cirebon mask dance maestro Mimi Rasinah died Saturday after suffering a stroke. She was 80.
Hundreds of traditional dancers and pilgrims paid their last respects to the late Mimi at her funeral at Ciweni hamlet public cemetery in Pekandangan village, Indramayu, West Java, on Sunday afternoon.
Many visitors brought to the funeral masks worn by Mimi throughout her career.
Rasinah’s granddaughter Aerli Rasinah, 24, said Mimi passed away at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Indramayu General Hospital.
“When we admitted her to the hospital, she was in a very poor condition. Mimi was treated for about five minutes before she passed away,” she added.
