Indonesia has celebrated Independence Day in its future new capital city Nusantara for the first time - with scaled-back festivities as construction continues.
The country had hoped to officially inaugurate the city on the 79th anniversary of its declaration of independence in 1945 after centuries of Dutch rule and then Japanese occupation during World War Two.
But the project, on the island of Borneo, has been hit with construction delays and funding problems.
It is set to be the biggest legacy of outgoing President Joko Widodo, who attended events alongside his successor Prabowo Subianti.
Participants took allotment in a anointed pole-race as allotment of Independence Day celebrations in Indonesia.
It was aback in 2019 that the abstraction for a new basic burghal on the island of Borneo was aboriginal proposed.
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Traditional dancers performed as allotment of the ceremony
Children additionally took allotment in contest in Nusantara - advice as archipelago.
