Rain Reda, President Jokowi Leads The Lowering Flag Ceremony At IKN

The atmosphere of the red and white flag lowering ceremony at the State Palace of IKN, East Kalimantan, Saturday (17/8/2024) evening. ANTARA/Andi Firdaus

PENAJAM - President Joko Widodo and the elected president Prabowo Subianto attended the procession of the Red and White Flag Lowering Ceremony at the State Palace Ceremony Field, the capital city of the archipelago (IKN).

The agenda took place in a cloudy cloud situation, after a few hours ago, the IKN area rained with light intensity for 15 minutes.

President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and Prabowo entered the ceremony at around 16.43 WITA, then headed to the pulpit of honor and occupied the chair on stage.

President Jokowi, who plays the role of the Inspector of Ceremonies, is seen wearing traditional clothes from the Banjar area with a maroon pattern. Meanwhile, Prabowo appeared wearing brown and co-copy clothes.

The flag-loss procession began with the performance of music entertainment and air attractions for the Indonesian Air Force Jupiter aircraft which were broadcast in parallel from the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta via a large screen.

This afternoon's flag-lowing ceremony was carried out by the Heritage Flag-raising Troops (Paskibraka) of the Advanced Indonesia formation. Meanwhile, the Ceremony Commander named Colonel Taufik Cahyanto.

Paskibraka who served in the lowering flag session consisted of the Commander of Group 17, Panji Darma Putra, from Bali, a student at SMAN 1 Singaraja.

Officer carrying Baki on behalf of Ni Komang Tri Setia from Bali, a student at SMAN 1 Samarapura. Baki's carrier reserve on behalf of Kirana Asha Widya Baskara from Banten, a student of SMA Labschool Cirendeu.

The commander of Group 8 Joe Bayden Imanuel Kallem, from Central Papua, attended the Christian SMA Anak Panapan.

The Lifting Officer on behalf of Sunnu Wahyudi from East Kalimantan, attended SMKN 2 Sangatta Utara, with the flag bearer Abdul Zaky Hutera from DKI Jakarta, studying at SMAN 67 Jakarta.