World’s Tallest Christ statue will soon be built in NTT

KUPANG, KOMPAS.com – Statue of Christ the King as high as 58 meters and Garden Prayer in the hills Neonbat, Village Maubeli, District Kefamenanu City, North Central Timor (TTU), Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), will soon be built. The plan of the statue was built in 2017.

DPRD TTU has approved the construction of the sculpture garden complete with prayer. Development will be done with the scheme multi-year or multiple years.

Regent TTU Raymundus Sau Fernandes admitted, the idea to build the statue was motivated desire for the region could be more widely known to the national level as well as the world.

therefore, the statue of Christ the King and Parks Prayer at TTU is designed with a height exceeding the statues of Christ ever existed.

“the statue that later we woke up it was higher than the statue of Christ the King in Brazil (38 meters), Timor Leste (27 meters) and in Toraja (40 meters). We designed it as high as 58 meters, “said Raymundus in Kefamenanu, Friday (12/09/2016).

According Raymundus, the reason of choosing the numbers 58 (meters), because it coincided with the establishment of the TTU in 1958.

TTU is one district that is not known by many people. TTU on many occasions always lags behind national attention, especially internationally.

“This condition has made me bear the idea of ​​establishing a park prayer and sculpture this high, so that can be glimpsed by many parties both at national and international level, “said Raymundus.

in addition, the location of the statue of Christ the King and Parks Prayer at Kilometer 4, coincidentally adjacent to a mosque. it can remind their lives tolerance strong at TTU. interfaith religious coexistence and mutual respect .

“I wanted to show people that coexistence between religions to one another is very important and it is our togetherness in Indonesia,” he said.

There are no funds for construction of the statue and the garden of prayer Rp 54 billion, comes from the budget TTU and began working in 2017. The target, the construction was completed two years later.

Raymundus had hoped, the statue of Christ the King and Parks this prayer can be helpful. Later, the management of the statue of Christ and Wildlife Prayer handed over to the local community.

This was done in order to grow a sense of belonging and responsibility together. Concerns the management of parking, cleanliness and security.

The cooperation will be included in the scheme for the results. Land remains the property of local communities, while the facility was built by the local government (local government).

“Charges parking and so on will be distributed evenly and will we build kesepakan between local governments and landowners,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of parliament TTU Frengky Saunoah said, parliament approved the budget and has no objection to the construction of the statue of Christ the King and Parks Prayer.

Frengky explained, some time ago, parliament already approved and allocated a budget of Rp 10 billion to realize the construction of the first phase in 2017.

“DPRD TTU already conducted two comparative studies in Ambarawa and North Sumatra associated with garden statues and prayer,” complete Frengky.

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