Papuan People Welcomes Christmas With Joy

Papuan People Welcomes Christmas With Joy

Papuans and West Papuans are not interested in separatist group celebrations, according to them December is a holy month in which there is Christmas.

December 1 is also an important day in Papua, where it is an opening day to celebrate Christmas for Christians and Catholics.

That day is also the birthday of the Free Papua Organization, and this should be watched out because it is related to efforts to raise the Morning Star flag and efforts to demonstrate.

On a different occasion, the head of the La Pago indigenous area Agus Rawa Kogoya appealed to all Papuans to not be incited by the OPM plan on December 1, 2019.

Agus considered, during the month of December the Papuan people, especially Christians, should be better prepared to welcome Christmas which will be celebrated on December 25, 2019 and the New Year 2020.

He has also said that Papua is a land of peace and this has become a joint commitment so it should be agreed and heeded by not making noise or spreading false information.

Moreover, December is the month to prepare for Christmas celebrations for Christians. So don't let Christmas peace be influenced by cheap issues.

According to him, instead of making actions or speeches that could provoke riots, people would be better off praying at their own homes. Especially in the last three months the situation in Papua is in a situation of recovery after anarchist action in a number of regions.

On different occasions, the religious figure of Pdt. Albert Yoku invited the public to avoid everything that could cause riots or chaos on Cenderawasih Earth.

He appealed to all people of the Earth of Cenderawasih to always be wise and careful in receiving information before following an invitation that could create a commotion or conflict that could take victims.

The sacredness of December must certainly be maintained by always not easily provoked provocation or not spreading something that leads to conflicts between the nation's children.