Joko leads 65,000 in mass dance to promote Games

Hands up: Joko and Vice-President Yusuf Kalla doing the poco-poco dance at the National Monument in Jakarta. — Reuters

JAKARTA: Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta to promote the Asian Games and try to set a world record along the way.

Jakarta and the city of Palembang will jointly host Asia’s biggest sporting event from Augt 18 but President Widodo has previously complained about the lack of promotion and enthusiasm in the country.