**UPDATE (February 23, 2010) - The below link may be dead or archived, but you can check this link from the Fiji Times which should be active.
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I have followed this story about the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika from the beginning, so I wanted to provide some closure on the story. May the seventy-four (74) victims of the MV Princess Ashika rest in peace.
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I have followed this story about the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika from the beginning, so I wanted to provide some closure on the story. May the seventy-four (74) victims of the MV Princess Ashika rest in peace.
A mass funeral ceremony at sea for the 74 people lost on the Princess Ashika on August 5, was held at midday yesterday, August 25, at the spot where the ferry sank, 11 nautical miles, south-west of Nomuka Island, in Tonga's Ha'apai Group, where about 500 people gathered on a flotilla of boats.
The mass burial at sea for the 72 who went down with the ship (only two bodies were recovered) was a dignified and emotional ceremony that recognised the great loss of the many families affected throughout Tonga.
Source: Matangi Tonga Online
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