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Burned down: Johar Market, the largest traditional market in Central Java, caught fire from Saturday evening to Sunday morning
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Burned down: Johar Market, the largest traditional market in Central Java, caught fire from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. Around 8,000 vendors lost their kiosks in the blaze, which reportedly caused losses of trillions of rupiah. (JP/Suherdjoko) (JP/Suherdjoko)
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span class="caption">Burned down: Johar Market, the largest traditional market in Central Java, caught fire from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. Around 8,000 vendors lost their kiosks in the blaze, which reportedly caused losses of trillions of rupiah. (JP/Suherdjoko)
The Semarang Historical Activists Community have called on police to carefully investigate the cause of the fire that engulfed Johar Market, a historic structure in Semarang, Central Java, over the weekend.
'If there are indications of a purposeful action to set the markets ablaze, then the perpetrators are barbaric and do not understand the meaning of history and culture,' the community's head, Rukardi, said in Semarang, on Sunday.
Rukardi said there had been several attempts to revitalize Johar Market in recent years. 'All vendors rejected the idea, however. Johar Market was the pride of Semarang and it was an icon of this city,' he said, adding he hoped the market could be rebuilt in the same location.
With its dozens of pillars supporting its mushroom-shaped roof, Johar Market was regarded as among the most beautiful markets in Southeast Asia when it opened in the 1930s. It was built by Dutch architect Thomas Karsten.
Experts have long lauded Johar Market as an environmentally friendly structure. With well-designed ventilation and lighting, the market remained cool and bright, despite being crowded with thousand of vendors. (ebf)
