All about that wedding ‘drama’


In a knot: Questions were raised about why Jokowi (in black) attended Atta and Aurel’s wedding amid the Covid-19 pandemic. — Jakarta Post/ANN

INDONESIAN weddings have always been grand displays of power and prestige but perhaps none have made quite a splash like this one.

Wildly popular Indonesian YouTube star Atta Halilintar held a lavish, nationally-televised wedding party in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic with his bride, singer and model Aurel Hermansyah, on April 3. Their guest of honour? President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, his former rival-turned-Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, and a slew of House of Representatives members.

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