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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

  • 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.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • 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.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Milwaukee Bucks Team Report 2010

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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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