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Music from graveyard annoys Depok residents
For almost a year, residents of community unit (RW) 18 of Pancoran Mas district, Depok, have been annoyed by loud dangdut music blasting from a cemetery located on Jl. Swadaya, a street in neighborhood unit (RT) 5. The residents said the loud music always played from around 4 p.m. every Saturday until 1 a.m. on Sunday, and had even started at around 1 p.m. on several occasions.
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The cemetery after being cleaned up by Depok Public Order (Satpol PP) officers in Pancoran Mas, Depok, on March 13. (Jakarta Post/Galih Gumelar)
H
eli, a 30-year-old resident of Pancoran Mas, Depok, West Java, recalled attending a tahlilan (prayer gathering) last Saturday afternoon after one of his neighbors passed away and had just been buried earlier that morning at a cemetery located right in front of his house.
The tahlilan went fine as attendees fervently prayed while some wiped away tears as they mourned their loss. However, the mournful atmosphere swiftly changed as loud dangdut music suddenly blared from the middle of the cemetery.
“I couldn’t focus on praying as the sound was very disturbing,” Heli told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
For almost a year, residents of community unit (RW) 18 of Pancoran Mas district, Depok, have been annoyed by loud dangdut music blasting from a cemetery located on Jl. Swadaya, a street in neighborhood unit (RT) 5. The residents said the loud music always played from around 4 p.m. every Saturday until 1 a.m. on Sunday, and had even started at around 1 p.m. on several occasions.
