Police Say 3.3 Million People Attend Teachers' Haul Sekumpul. The Banjar Police Chief said the South Kalimantan Regional Police after the 19th Haul

Baca Gitu Loh - Borneo - Banjar Police Chief AKBP Muhammad Ifan Hariyat said there were around 3.3 million pilgrims who took part in the 19th Haul of KH Muhammad Zaini bin Abdul Ghani or Guru Sekumpul Martapura, South Kalimantan.

"We got an estimate of the number of congregants who attended the Guru Sekumpul haul reaching 3.3 million from a number of cellular providers from people who used cellphones during the event," said Ifan in Martapura, Banjar Regency, Sunday evening.

According to Ifan, the millions of haul pilgrims are not only from Banjar Regency and South Kalimantan Province but there are also residents from outside Kalimantan Island and abroad.

Ifan said that the number of congregants was indeed millions of people, but the haul procession ran orderly and without significant obstacles, and there were no outstanding incidents from the start until the haul ended.

"Thank God, the series of Guru Sekumpul hauls ran safely, orderly and smoothly without any significant obstacles and there were no prominent incidents that disturbed the solemnity of the millions of pilgrims who attended," he said.

Ifan said that apart from the congregation which reached more than 3 million, the number of buses and four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles was also quite large, reaching 601 buses at 150 points spread across various places.