Sandiaga Uno Attends The Funeral Of The Late Ridwan Saidi: We AreUGinya Babe

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno (center, left) attended the funeral of the late Ridwan Saidi. (Photo: Rizky Sulistyo/VOI)

The body of a Betawi historical and cultural figure, Ridwan Saidi, was buried in Block AA1, Blad 035, Karet Bivak Public Cemetery (TPU), Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Sunday, December 25, afternoon.

At around 16.22 WIB, the ambulance carrying the body of the late Ridwan Saidi arrived at the Karet Bivak TPU. The atmosphere of grief enveloped the Betawi cultural funeral procession.

A number of families even seemed unable to hold back their tears when they saw Ridwan Saidi's body starting to enter the tomb. Not only family and relatives, a number of national figures were also at Ridwan Saidi's final resting place.

One of the figures who attended was the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Parekraf), Sandiaga Uno. Sandiaga remembers Ridwan Saidi as a good and humorous figure.

"(it's called) Babe, we call him. Babe Ridwan Saidi is a cultural figure, at the same time if you want to ask about Jakarta, this is one of the references as a running observatory," Sandiaga Uno told reporters at TPU Karet Bivak, Sunday, December 25.

"He is a figure who has brought many achievements in terms of cultural sustainability, especially Betawi culture, but also for Indonesia," he continued.

Menparekraf Sandiaga said that he really lost the figure of the late Ridwan Saidi. There are many memories that he had with the deceased during his lifetime.

"So we are very lost. We wish him all the best, hope he is khusnul khotimah," said Sandiaga Uno.

Meanwhile, several other figures who attended the funeral of Ridwan Saidi were former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Jimly Asshiddiqie, Gerindra politician Fadli Zon, former DKI Governor Fauzi Bowo to former DPR Speaker Akbar Tanjung.