Jakartans ring out the old, ring in the new

Jakartans ring out the old, ring in the new

Photo A/B/C: Festivities

JP/IGN Oka Budhi Yogaswara
JP/Arief Hidayat
JP/Arief Suhardiman

PARTY TIME: Exhausted children sleep as moms and dads join the
New Year's party at Ancol Dreamland with Governor Surjadi
Soedirdja Tuesday (far left). Circus performers and models
entertain the crowd at the Grand Hyatt (left). Hawkers cash in on
families stuck in the massive traffic jam on the way to the
Puncak hill resort (above) by selling food and other items.

Photo D/E/F: Mass

JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo
JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo
JP/Mulkan Salmona

SOLEMN TIME: A woman and her child light candles before a
midnight mass in the Cathedral in Jakarta (above). Julaeha with
her baby girl born an hour after the turn of the year at the
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (right). Puppetmaster Tjetjep
Supriadi kept his crowd spellbound (far right) as he held an all-
night wayang golek performance at Ancol Dreamland.