jpnn.com, SOLO - Chinese New Year celebration centers in Surakarta, Central Java, were flooded with residents.
One of them was the Pasar Gede Solo area.
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Crowds were seen around the Pemandengan Monument and in the courtyard of the Surakarta City Hall on Sunday (30/1) night.
Hundreds of residents flocked to the streets to enjoy and take selfies under the lanterns.
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"It's okay. I will have a meeting on this later," Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka said in Solo, Monday (31/1).
Gibran said crowds were okay as long as health protocols were in place.
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"We just need to be careful so that there's no traffic jam and the procedure is tight. A little bit of crowd is okay as long as people wear masks," he said.
He ensured that Chinese New Year celebration centers in Solo would not be closed to the public.
"They bring blessings to all. I have asked the Transportation Agency head to engineer traffic," he said.
The chairman of the 2022 Joint Lunar New Year Committee in Surakarta, Sumartono Hadinoto, said that this year's celebrations would be simpler.
Normally, they were 5,000 lanterns, but only 1,000 lanterns have been installed this year.
In addition, the Grebek Sudiro celebration has been omitted.
Furthermore, the Cap Go Meh celebration, which was usually attended by 1,000 participants, will only have 200 participants. (antara/mcr20/jpnn)
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