AHY-Annisa Pohan Wins The Best Traditional Shirt Of The Republic Of Indonesia's Anniversary At IKN

AHY-Annisa Pohan won the best traditional dress for the Indonesian Independence Day at IKN (doc. Presidential Secretariat).

JAKARTA - The commemoration ceremony for the 79th Indonesian Independence Day was held in two places, the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta and the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

The Proclamation Seconds Ceremony was held in the morning along with the raising of the Red and White flag. Then, the flag lowering ceremony was held in the afternoon.

The procession of raising and lowering the Red and White flag was only held at IKN and witnessed live at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta via videotron.

President Joko Widodo, who was accompanied by the First Lady, Iriana Joko Widodo, led the ceremony at IKN. Jokowi was also accompanied by President-elect Prabowo Subianto.

Then, at the Merdeka Palace, the ceremony was led by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin who was accompanied by Mrs. Wury Ma'ruf Amin and the elected Vice President, Gibran Rakabuming Raka and his wife, Selvi Ananda.

At the flag lowering ceremony held at IKN, there was also the best traditional dress competition like in previous years.

Minister of ATR/BPN Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) and his wife Annisa Pohan became one of the four winners of the best traditional clothes.

AHY-Annisa became the champion for wearing matching traditional clothes. They wore Bugis traditional clothes from South Sulawesi. They look harmonious with traditional clothes named Bodo in maroon.

Apart from AHY-Annisa, Enny La Nyalla, who is the wife of the Chairman of the DPD RI, La Nyalla Mattalitti, received a similar award.

Enny became one of the winners of the best traditional clothes in traditional clothes from North Sumatra, Mandailing. The traditional Mandailing clothes Enny wore were very elegant with red, gold, and black.

Apart from the three people, there are many more people who won this best traditional fashion category. All winners get bicycle prizes from President Jokowi.