The Lost Of Ramadan
Trust part 4
“Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullah-Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullah.” Akira had done Dzhur Prayer as well as being a priest for Ayumi, while Chio sat cross-legged on the wall watching them, from his eyes looking astonished and amazed.
“How is Chio, do you understand what is Salat?” ask Ayumi.
“Yah .. I understand a little, is in your world there, is your way of worshiping god?”
“A'ahh .. You are absolutely right, this is one of the obligatory worship we carry out.”
“You mean like a ceremony every 10 days that we also carry out?”
“I think it's a little different but maybe it's a little bit the same, just that I know you're obligated by a neighbor?, whereas we're by our god Himself, God, we also do this in five times, namely dawn, noon, evening, and also night.”
“Ohh .. So that means the friendliness of the sundial that you made is unusable at night, as a result you find it difficult to determine the time."
"A'ahh .. That's it."
"The most interesting thing is that we can remember the name of the five prayers of the time from the word Islam" said Ayumi.
"You mean?"
"So I for Isya which starts around 7-8 pm, S for Fajr which ranges from 4-5 am, L for Luhur or Dzuhur which is at 11-12 pm, namely at noon, emm ... A for Ashar is the afternoon between 3-4 hours, and the last M for Magrib is starting from 6 and a half hours or 6 hours, really not Akira," said Ayumi immediately approached Akira until suddenly made Akira avoid to touch which would make their wudu void.
"I'm sorry, I forgot, '" he put his palms together in front of his face and closed his eyes.
"What does Ayumi mean is .. the range of the prayer time itself and not the beginning to the end of time, I think if that is the case then the time distance is very short," chio looked at Akira who was standing up to avoid Ayumi.
"A'ahh .. That's it, I haven't really thought about this seriously, because in my world when the time of prayer comes Azan from all over the city will be heard, he said, so we soon find out that the time has come."
"Azan?"
"That's when Akira chanted before we started praying earlier" Ayumi said.
"You mean that very ugly voice just now?" balak Chio turned his eyes to Ayumi who was a mangosteen.
"A'ahh ..." Akira bowed lethargic, they were made to laugh.
“Alright then I have a little understanding of Islam, then I want to go home first because there is something I have to do.”
“What can I help you with, maybe I can do something for you.”
“Iya Chio I can also help if you want,” said Ayumi.
“No need, if there is definitely I will tell you” said Chio.
“Oh yes, there will also be something I want to know about this country, so can you tell me, Ayumi said you know a lot and can explain better than him.”
“Sure, come to my house whenever you want. Alright I go first yes, I do not want to disturb you guys who are like a couple.”
“Ehhh ..” They screamed and looked at each other.
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A few days passed and they all looked closer, while Shiro was not seen for a few days, even Chio often went to visit him, but he was always not at home. His mother always said that Shiro was out with his father at work.
Today the village's routine ceremony is back at the title, the people re-group together to be able to follow, many of them are happy and like but there are also those who feel lazy and act tired.
At that time Chio also came alone as usual accompanied by his friends, namely Ken, Ayumi, and Shiro. From the look of his face he was not excited and felt lazy and indecisive.
“Hahh .. unlike Shiro who also often does not follow like us, but this is the first time Ayumi does not follow this ceremony, even though she always scolded the three of us if it does not come, but this is the first time Ayumi did not follow this ceremony, or even reason to go,” said Chio tired then looked up to see the bright clouds.
“What makes you instantly fall in love with Islam Ayumi, but, it is as if it is not in my heart, when at this time my heart is feeling empty and indecisive,” Her embrace is glazed.
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*Tok tok ...
“Chio!” pangil Akira with Ayumi.
“Wait a minute!” he shouted from inside the house and walked to open the door.
“Wah Akira you look different,” he said seeing Akira wearing black to gray and long-sleeved, Akira also wears long black pants to the ankles.
“A'ahh ..” reply akira sumringah.
“That's what I said too, you are very suitable to wear it,” said Ayumi.
Ayumi was a little surprised to see Chio's house a little messy. “Are you working on something?”
“Oh no, I'm almost done, so take it easy.” Chio immediately picked up the items scattered on the floor.
Accidentally Akira saw an iron disk the size of a palm and a faint look inscribed with numbers. “You are making what Chio, it looks like ..”
Hearing that Chio immediately closed the container that he used to hold his things with a cloth.
“Ah no-no is nothing. Oh yeah you said yesterday you wanted to ask about this country?” the answer diverted the conversation.
“Akira says he wants to find information that can help him find Ramadan,” said Ayumi.
Chio looked towards Ayumi. “Oh about that, of course what you want to know Akira,” said Chio again saw Akira.
“A'ahh .. actually I have thought about this for a long time, about the name of your country which is the land of a thousand statues.” Akira replied very curious.
“Emm well if you really want to know that, then let's sit down first,” pinta Chio told them to sit on the floor that has a fairly thick pedestal, then let's sit down first, after that they sat together in a circle.
"Where to begin, well, let's start with the name of our country, so listen carefully" said Chio as he held his chin and then the look on his face turned serious as he explained.
"Lower of a thousand statues, that's the name of our residence now, the name of a thousand statues is nothing but taken from the number of statues they make, you see it yourself when we enter the gate to the ceremony, you see it, where was your memory when Ken was?"
"A'ahh .. sure, it's so much I don't think how many statues there are" Akira replied in astonishment.
"Many reports say that the number of statues amounted to 250 statues, but there are also mentions of about 255, but after a few days passed there are more that mention the number to 260, he said, the next few days were 265. It made me wonder how many days it would take to make the statue grow, I asked some of the people who spread the news, and I finally found the answer" he continued.
"What's that?" sahut Ayumi
"Every ten days the statue will multiply."
"So what made you come to such a conclusion?" akira replied curiously.
"Nothing else are the people who mentioned the count, I realized that the place of the ceremony will be closed when we have finished carrying it out. There are six gates to enter the strait, from every gate in every corner will be closed tightly, even that every day, the appearance is always guarded by the messenger of the elders, he said, I purposely came every day to investigate when I climbed over the gate the guards immediately chased me away," Chio replied, continuing his inquisition.
"That means that the number continues to increase by five every ten days, because only during the ceremony will all the gates be opened, so we can say that those who managed to calculate it at the exact moment where everyone is allowed to enter to carry out the ceremony" Ayumi said again.
"Well, it is true, in each house there is also one statue or maybe it can be more. The statues are made of clay, wood, iron and even silver and also gold, the difference in the type of statue shows the difference in degrees and wealth possessed by the population."
"I should have seen that in every house there is a gold statue and there is also an iron one in the yard" Akira cut.
"Even not only in the yard of their house, in the house there must be at least one fruit, what you see on that page is for people who are higher than people like us."
"Wait a minute, why should there be anything if it's not?" ask Ayumi again who does not know about this.
"That's been the rule of insistence, have you forgotten? though it was clearly displayed in the front of the announcement of the gate of the ceremony."
"Emm ... If we break that rule then the village elder will punish by putting him in the village prison for a whole day or having to buy an iron statue, which is it?" answer Ayumi.
"Well, that's how Ayumi, therefore Akira, Ken's house you live in has been destroyed, while the examination will be held 1-2 times the ceremony ahead, the only way you can survive is we have to recreate the statue. I know this is difficult for you but this is only for you to be safe and not suspected, because you have violated the first prohibition of not worshiping other than statues," he said seriously looking at the two of them.
Ayumi surprised. "It's true that I forgot about it, Chio was right, for a while we have to put it back in Ken's house, otherwise you can be held back by them and this secret will be revealed."
"A'ahh .. fine if it is for the common good what can be done, even though my heart is furious, but this is an emergency. It's just that there's one thing I don't understand, why are you telling me about the statue at the ceremony?"
Chio looked back at Ayumi seriously. "Did you remember Ayumi, the legend of our village about the traveler Thalib? where a man from the land of Sabbat told him that he had heard people from the land far from his place worshiping their god five times a day from day to night," he turned to look at Akira who was still flabbergasted.
"Ohh .. I remember so what's the connection?" ayumi asked still confused.
"I think Akira already understood what I mean," Chio replied, continuing to look at Akira, whose lips were trembling and difficult to express words.
"That means that the number of statues that continue to increase by five has a certain reason, they deliberately add five because they want to follow the words of people from the legend, although not exactly the same, at all, but they seem to believe that the legend is true. And Chio also wants to say that there are people like us who worship five times a day in this world" Akira replied.
Akira then directs his gaze to Chio. "You must also want to say that the month of Ramadan I'm looking for is most likely in that faraway place."
"True Akira, and I also want to say that we should start by investigating this legend, or rather gather information about the stories of legends in our country."
*Brakk!
Suddenly Shiro came and opened the door of Chio's house loudly.
From his face it was very clear he was very angry and upset. “Cih ... What are you doing with him.” he said a little slowly, but stared hard.
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