Indonesian hajj pilgrims to wear batik clothes next year

Antara News, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 19:10 WIB

Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Indonesian hajj pilgrims going to the Holy Land next year will put on `batik` clothes, no longer blue-colored uniforms the Indonesian hajj pilgrims have been using so far, a minister said.

"Beginning next year, the Indonesian hajj pilgrims will wear `batik` clothes as their uniforms," Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said here on Tuesday.

Suryadharma Ali who is also chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), made the remarks on the sidelines of the consolidation meeting of PPP here.

He said that the use of batik clothes was intended to arouse the national pride of Indonesian hajj pilgrims.

"The Indonesian hajj pilgrims will feel stronger national pride if they put on batik clothes," he said.