Accompanied By Gibran, Jokowi And His Grandson Ride Borobudur Temple

Jokowi at Borobudur Temple (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and grandchildren Jan Etes Srinalendra and La Lembah Manah climbed the Borobudur Temple building. This was done during a long holiday while traveling to the Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, Central Java, Saturday, May 25.

Jokowi went up to Borobudur Temple with his son Gibran Rakabuming Raka and his wife Selvi Ananda, while First Lady Iriana Jokowi waited in the temple yard.

The President and his entourage arrived in the courtyard of Borobudur Temple at 10:00 WIB and descended from Borobudur Temple at 10.00 WIB and left the Borobudur Temple area at around 11:00 WIB.

Guidelines from Museums and Cultural Heritage, World Heritage of Borobudur Hari Setyawan, who accompanied Jokowi's family, went up to the temple building, explaining that President Jokowi only rose to the third floor of Borobudur Temple.

"The president and his entourage ride the temple from the west door to the east in half a circle, then continue to climb the temple from the east door," he said.

According to him, the President had asked why visitors went up and down the temple was limited, because there were problems related to the number of visits and he welcomed the restrictions on visits because inevitably if visits were not limited it would result in the acceleration of damage and the port of Borobudur Temple.

He explained to Gibran that Borobudur Temple is a world heritage temple, not seven wonders in the world.

"When we were in elementary school, we received an explanation that Borobudur Temple is a legacy of seven world wonders, this is wrong because Borobudur is a world cultural heritage," he said.

After descending from the Borobudur Temple building, heading to the parking lot of the president's car had served several visitors to the temple who asked for a group photo.