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he National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta came alive on Monday night, as artwork and historical photos were projected onto it for a 15-minute show to promote the city and the Asian Games.

Eye-catching visual animations, thematic music and narration were used to recount the 1962 Asian Games, highlight Jakarta’s tourist attractions and the 2018 Asian Games.

“The 1962 Asian Games were the fourth Asian Games and were hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia,” boomed the narration, while a photo of the country’s first president Sukarno with an Indonesian flag waving in background was projected onto the monument.

Rully, coordinator of Tabia, the team of designers behind the display, said it took four months to plan every technical aspect including the images, sound and color.

“I said from the beginning that we had to capture the soul of the project,” said Rully on Monday as reported by kompas.com.

Rully added that it took three days just to align the projectors to evenly cover Monas because of its unusual candle-like structure.

Meanwhile, Monas technical management unit head Munjirin said the complete show would be 25 minutes long and would be followed by a laser and water show.