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Massive poco-poco dance to welcome Asian Games
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Visitors join Indonesians in a poco-poco dance in Austria. (Via Antara News Agency/File)
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o fewer than 65,000 people are expected to dance the poco-poco in Jakarta’s Car Free Day area on Sunday in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record and to welcome the Asian Games.
The dance will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and be centered on Silang Monas Square. It will also cover the area of the weekly Car Free Day events from the yard of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle.
The popular collective dance originates from Manado in North Sulawesi.
The event is organized by the Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) and the Association of Cabinet Members’ Wives (OASE Kabinet Kerja). The dance will be joined by staff members of various ministries, agencies, local governments, the military, police and other institutions.
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Sigit Widjarmoko said that, as most of the dancers were OASE members, parking space would be available at governmental buildings, as quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com.
Siti Fauziah, head of public relation of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), said 50 MPR staff members from various bureaus had trained intensively to perform the poco-poco since a month ago. She would be the MPR team leader on the day of the performance, Siti said, according to kompas.com. (ahw)
