People greet new millennium with joy, prayers
People greet new millennium with joy, prayers
Photo A/B: Y2K
JP/bsr, JP/afs
BUG FREE: Executives of state electricity company PT PLN for the
greater Jakarta area cheer (above) as they find out that their
computer system is not affected by the millennium, or Y2K, bug.
The sky above the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah recreational park in
East Jakarta is filled with fireworks (right photo) as thousands
of city residents throng the park to witness the rollover to the
third millennium.
Photo C/D/E: Style
JP/bsr, JP/leo, JP/afs
HOLLYWOOD STYLE: An artist blows fire from his mouth (above) to
entertain visitors queuing at the Planet Hollywood restaurant on
Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta. The traditional Chinese
Barongsai dragon dance marks (below) the Year 2000 party at Kafe
Tenda Semanggi, Central Jakarta. A beggar sleeps (right) during
the millennium rollover on a bridge over Jl. Thamrin, Jakarta.
Photo F/G: Candles
JP/Tarko, JP/Tarko
CANDLES OF HOPE: Hundreds of members of Tibetan Buddhism hold a
mass prayer (left) at the Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central
Java, to welcome the New Year and the new millennium. Yogyakartan
soothsayers hold a mass prayer (above) at Bukit Lontar, Panggang
district, Gunung Kidul area, to welcome the first sunrise of the
year 2000. The soothsayers burned their shawls, symbolizing a
move to discard negative human aspects.
Photo A/B: Y2K
JP/bsr, JP/afs
BUG FREE: Executives of state electricity company PT PLN for the
greater Jakarta area cheer (above) as they find out that their
computer system is not affected by the millennium, or Y2K, bug.
The sky above the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah recreational park in
East Jakarta is filled with fireworks (right photo) as thousands
of city residents throng the park to witness the rollover to the
third millennium.
Photo C/D/E: Style
JP/bsr, JP/leo, JP/afs
HOLLYWOOD STYLE: An artist blows fire from his mouth (above) to
entertain visitors queuing at the Planet Hollywood restaurant on
Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta. The traditional Chinese
Barongsai dragon dance marks (below) the Year 2000 party at Kafe
Tenda Semanggi, Central Jakarta. A beggar sleeps (right) during
the millennium rollover on a bridge over Jl. Thamrin, Jakarta.
Photo F/G: Candles
JP/Tarko, JP/Tarko
CANDLES OF HOPE: Hundreds of members of Tibetan Buddhism hold a
mass prayer (left) at the Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central
Java, to welcome the New Year and the new millennium. Yogyakartan
soothsayers hold a mass prayer (above) at Bukit Lontar, Panggang
district, Gunung Kidul area, to welcome the first sunrise of the
year 2000. The soothsayers burned their shawls, symbolizing a
move to discard negative human aspects.