Candlelight vigil to light up Jakarta

Candlelight vigil to light up Jakarta

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

In the observance of Antiviolence Day, which fell on May 12, a
rally and candle light festival will be held on Sunday evening
along the slow lane of the northbound side of Jl. Jend. Sudirman
and Jl. Thamrin.

The entire event will take place between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The candle light festival will take the route from the Pemuda
Statue traffic circle at Senayan, Central Jakarta, more popularly
known as the Pizza Man roundabout, to the National Monument
(Monas) park.

The rally will start from a point in front of the BRI building
on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, close to the Semanggi cloverleaf, and will
end six-kilometers away at Monas park.

Cultural and artistic performances will also highlight the
evening.

Head of the Jakarta Transportation Agency Rustam Effendy
advised motorists traveling from Monas toward Jl.
Sisingamangaraja to take an alternative route to avoid the rally.

However, he said, motorists could also still use other lanes
of the main thoroughfare.

"The event will not disrupt the busway," he said in a
statement made available on Friday.

Rustam added that his officers would help to control traffic
during the event.