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Borobudur Temple to release 5,000 lanterns for New Year's Eve
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The Borobudur Nite' Music and Lantern 2017 is set to kick off with traditional art performances. (Shutterstock/File)
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orobudur Temple near Magelang, Central Java, is set to celebrate New Year's Eve by releasing 5,000 lanterns as a symbol of thanksgiving and well wishes for the temple in the year ahead.
The director of state-owned management company PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobur, Prambanan dan Ratu Boko (TWC), Edi Setijono, said the lanterns would be released in Lumbini Park at the Borobudur complex and four locations in villages outside the area. "This will be an expression of our gratitude for the year's hard work and our hope that we can achieve better accomplishments in 2017," he said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
(Read also: Where to celebrate New Year's Eve outside Jakarta)
The celebration, dubbed Borobudur Nite Music and Lantern 2017, will kick off with traditional art performances by locals followed by entertainment by singers and bands such as Tompi, Citra Scholastika, Flow Band and Sinergy BUMN Band.
Regarding the lanterns, Edi said the company planned to use drone-based lamps instead of conventional lanterns in next year's celebration to reduce air pollution. (kes)
