Jakarta Globe, Oct 20, 2014
Jakarta.
Indonesians took on their social media accounts to welcome the country’s
seventh president, Joko Widodo, who was inaugurated on Monday.
The hashtag
#PresidenJokowi has been the top trending topic on Twitter worldwide since
Monday morning.
Social
media users in Jakarta took to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Path to post
pictures of the street celebrations taking place at the Hotel Indonesia traffic
circle.
For a while
“Jalesveva Jayamahe”, the motto of the Indonesian Navy, also made it onto the
worldwide trending topic list, after Joko cited the expression, which is
Sanskrit for “In the sea we will triumph,” during his inauguration address to
emphasize the importance of Indonesia becoming a global maritime axis.
Various
versions of posters depicting Joko moments before his inauguration with
quotations have been circulated all over the Internet as well.
Ade
Mardiyanti, an Indonesian living in Sydney, posted a picture of her standing
next to a television showing footage of Joko’s inauguration ceremony on her
Facebook account.
“Chose to
stay at home after I finished work only to witness the inauguration of
Indonesia’s new president. Rocky road ahead for him. Good luck, Mr. President!”
Ade wrote.
Renowned
film director Joko Anwar also tweeted several pictures of the celebration.
“Rock
n’Roll, Mr. President,” Joko said.
A music
concert is scheduled to start at 4 p.m to celebrate the inauguration with a
number of musicians including Indonesian rock band Slank and British band
Arkarna scheduled to perform. Joko is famous for being a huge fan of heavy
metal.
Tens of
thousands are expected to attend a concert held to honor President
Joko Widodo
at the National Monument on Monday. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry)
|
No comments:
Post a Comment