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Indonesia to Hold People's Festival and Carnival for Independence Day

Indonesia closes registration for its 81st Independence Day ceremony as it prepares a public People's Festival and Independence Carnival.

Indonesia is set to host a People's Festival and an Independence Carnival as part of its 81st Republic Day celebrations, according to the Ministry of State Secretariat. The Ministry closed registration for invitations to the ceremony on the first day, receiving 128,331 participants. The government has prepared open activities for those who did not receive an invitation, including the People's Festival at the National Monument (Monas) and the Independence Carnival along the Monas-Sarinah-HI Roundabout route in Jakarta. The festivities aim to engage the public in the commemoration of Indonesia's 81st Independence Day.

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