An Indonesian man who claimed to have been born 146 years ago has reportedly been buried in the eastern part of the Java Central province, where he lived until his last days.
According to the national identity card of Sodimejo, also known as Mbah Gotho, he was born on December 31, 1870 in Sragen – the region where he died last week – making him the longest-lived person in documented history, although it is not yet official.
A small ceremony was carried out by his grandson Suryanto and other family members, in which his mortal remains were buried in a tomb, located next to one of his daughter’s – from his fourth marriage – who had died at 60.
One of the relatives of Mbah Gotho told the news portal Liputan6 that the arrangements for the funeral had been made a long time ago.
Teak wood for covering the coffin was bought 18 years ago and the tombstone in 1992, said the grandson.
According to his documents, the elderly man was born a year after the inauguration of the Suez canal, the same year in which the cultivation system – that obligated the local farmers to work in colonial Dutch government’s farms two months every year – was abolished in Indonesia.
Sodimejo, who must have been born at the time of the Dutch East India Company, lived through the Second World War, Indonesia’s independence (1945), the Sukarno era (1945-65), the Suharto regime (1967-98) and the country’s new democratic phase.
According to the Guinness World Records, French woman Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived 122 years and 164 days, and died in August 1997, is the longest-lived person in the world.
The world’s oldest living person at the moment is Jamaica’s Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900.
SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald.
MTENGO WA MUWANGA
Uyende muntendele gogo
Meaning he was born in 1871
III! CELEBRATE HIS LIFE NDALA WADYELELA NZOSMWATU ZIMENEZO
world oldest person had 117 years, she died two years ago, so i wonder with this one
vuto anthu akalewa amalephera kudziwa chaka chimene adabadwa,,asatibwate maso apa kuti wamwalira ali ndi zaka zambiri chonchi
RIP Madala
RIP!
Anamposa chilembwetu uyu ndichaka chimodzi R I P
MLUNGU AREMEKEZE AGOGO AWO
RIP magogo munalidyelera dziko ife m’bado wathu tikungofa tili ana zochitika kuchuluka
RIP dada
Sory Bt U Could better creemented hm otherwise azukaso ameneyo.
Rip
Wonders shall never end.
Ine zokalamba chonchi mmm ai bola kungokalambako pang’ono like 80 basi nkukapuma dziko lake limeneli?
Speechless
May the almighty GOD bless all of those who have been taking care of this gogo as his soul will be resting in peace.
Eeeeeeeh, shall I do the same?
Chinyamata chanuu ndi ukalamba wanu ndizomwe ziti zikunthandizeni. pakt kwa iye mkomwe tinacokela komaso mkobwelera kwanthu
Unless we see birth certificate
RIP,,,,,Abuye anawakonda akuluwa,Akapumule ndithu.
Oky
Wen an old person dies,a library burns to the soil…..r.i.p
Rip grand father nafe tiziteteza n kusamala ku zoipa ngat inu
I have been hearing of oldest men and women every time. Who is really the oldest?
Next year, a man aged 157 will die and will be called oldest man again.
COFFIN WAS BOUGHT 18YRS AGO AND TOMBSTONE 25YRS KKK HE WAS DIED BT 4 OUR GENERATION 32YRS Z ENOUGH. RIP GOGO OF MAGOGO’S
Mmmmm R I P
Chisilu ameneyu eti? .Nthawi yosei chimapanga chani?.Kuno kuMalawi ana akumamwalira cifukwa agalu ngat awa amawathera mpweya.God must punish him!!!
matusela 967 years koma malemba amenema kuti palibe munthu amene amakwanitsa tsiku ngakhale limodzi pamaso pa yehova mulungu kusonyezadi kuti m’dani uyu akadzagonjesetsedwa moyo udzakhaladi okoma eti #chibvumbulutso_21 ves 3,40
Nde dziko la indonesia lachitapo chani? Kungoyakhula BASI ngati mumamugulila zakudya.
R I P
Rip
nde ife titan? pano tikuganiz za sugar
Kumalawi ndi achina mbwampiniwa angafikeko kuzako akusowesa chabe
PALI CHANI APA AGOGO ANGA TINANGOPHA ANANYANYA PAKA 237yrs zinayamba kuti opsa zedi tidawathilila makhwala kuti apite basi
Anthu Ankhanza Inu Mungaphe Anzanu Akuufunabe Moyo, Muka Langidwa Kumwamba Aluga Inu Tiyenazoni
Natural death
Mmmmh
Thats Not World Elderst Man,How Long Did Adam,Moses those people in the bible lived?perhaps they are not human
adam. moses lived less years not even hundred, bible stories are not straight
The bible is true if you read it very well the age was reduced to120years.
Kumaliro kwa anthu ngati awa sikumakhala kulira ngakhale chisoni, kumangokhala nkhani anthu nkumachedza basi.
They can bury him after 10 years! Just imagine
Pali chiyani apa mibadwo ya achina Abraham imakhala zaka 595 komabe gogoyu analimba RIP.
REST IN PEACE
Nkhani izi zosafunikira ku Malawi,gv us zakukwera mtengo wa sugar…timazilimira tokha…jst recently Peter adakatsegulira sugar manufacturing factory in Salima….
is ds wat dey call chitukuko cha dziko?…
Mr Mwananveka & Goodall must come & explain clear…
sorr to say my grandmother(Mai mbedzo) is 147yrs so am wondering who is oldest person btwn an indonesian & my grandmum ?
mukukamba zoona man za agogo anuo
yaap
Ngati agogo anuo mukungonvundika M’nyumba,Nde dziko lidziwa bwanji zaiwoo…….
my grandma…sitivundika mdeni..da..problem is our govt hav no measures to..take..care..magogoz…lyk..my..grandma…so…ndkamanena…is..lyk…ndkuwapanga..advertis…kt…tizipeza…chithandzo…yet…isn’t
Still…am..proud…of..mai…Mbedzo…simply…amama….
O de best
Koma iwee kkk nde yake kkkk
Mr..Fiskan..isee…u..nde yake…kuti…our…own…Malawi24..is…focusing…more..on…dead…oldest…person…rather…dan…our..own…critical…isues…idont..think…&..i..understand…in…Indonesia…sangaike…news..from…Malawi..gogoz…yanga…singapangidwe…recogniz,
Mbiri za ana Adamu RIP
Samatosatosa ngat anyamata amatsiku ano.RIP
RIP old man….
Rest well nana
hey! Wakudziletsa ku zadzko..rest in a peace
hope he had CHRIST in his life