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Even as he clashed with government scientists over evacuations, Mbah Maridjan — Mbah is an honorific term, meaning, roughly, "grandfather" — became a revered figure.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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An assistant to Urip, who was more commonly known as Mbah (Grandpa) Surip, told kompas. com that the 70-year-old reggae singer fainted on Sunday evening after arriving from Yogyakarta for a concert.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has joined thousands of people across the country to mourn the death of overnight sensation Urip Arianto, better known as Mbah (Grandpa) Surip, on Tuesday.
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Appointed to the job of gatekeeper in 1983 by then-Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Mbah Maridjan had survived previous eruptions that volcanologists had warned could have been much worse.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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Mt. Merapi's smoking cone — Merapi means "mountain of fire" in Javanese — lay within a few miles of his home, but Mbah Maridjan insisted on staying put when the Indonesian government ordered an evacuation in 2006.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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The other forward, second-year pro Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, is a major contributor to the defense, which is ranked seventh best in points allowed.
The deer to fear: Taking Skiles' lead, Bucks on playoffs brink 2010
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MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER: After being the team's biggest surprise the season before — he went from a second-round draft choice to a starter — F Luc Mbah a Moute took a slight step backward in his second season.
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"My job is to stop lava from flowing down," Mbah Maridjan told the Jakarta Post in an interview last August.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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A kind of bridge between Indonesia's spiritual past and the future, Mbah Maridjan talked with spirits, worried about the environment and had a Facebook account.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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Mbah Maridjan organized an annual ceremony in which offerings including clothing, perfume and cigarettes were sacrificed at shrines on the mountain.
A Volcano's Sentry to the Very End Stephen Miller 2010
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