TRIBUNNEWS.COM, PADANG – The West Sumatra (Sumbar) Minangkabau Customary Nature Association (LKAAM) carried out a rendang cooking activity together, Monday (5/12/2022).
Rendang assistance from West Sumatra will be sent to victims affected by the Cianjur earthquake, West Java.
TribunPadang.com reported that a number of mothers were getting ready to cook rendang.
All the equipment has been prepared, consisting of a cauldron, cooking ingredients including spices.
The rendang cooking process was carried out directly in front of the West Sumatra LKAAM Office, and was attended directly by Fauzi Bahar as Chair of the West Sumatra LKAAM.
Also present was the Head of the West Sumatra Province Cultural Service, Syaifullah.
The process of cooking rendang was assisted by police officers, soldiers from the Indonesian Army, TNI and Navy.
There were also officers from the Padang City Satpol PP, and women from the taklim assembly, as well as other members of the public.
“We have 10 stoves (fireplaces) today to cook rendang,” said Fauzi Bahar.
He said, this rendang is cooked in the morning so that by noon someone will already be cooking.
“There are also 1.9 tonnes of packed rendang which will be sent to earthquake victims on Wednesday (7/12/2022),” he said.
He explained that cooking on this day was only symbolic, because there were locations to cook rendang for earthquake victims in other places.
“Because there are several tons of cooked meat. After cooking, it will be packaged and sent directly to Cianjur,” he said.
Fauzi Bahar remembers that when an earthquake occurs, people only remember it for a month or two.
