Asian Games torch goes on month-long relay through Indonesia
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia --- The Asian Games torch is headed out on an 18,000-kilometer journey around Indonesia after ceremonies at an ancient temple where its flame was combined with a sacred Javanese fire. Jakarta and the Sumatran city of Palembang are hosAsian Games torch goes on month-long relay through Indonesia
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia --- The Asian Games torch is headed out on an 18,000-kilometer journey around Indonesia after ceremonies at an ancient temple where its flame was combined with a sacred Javanese fire. Jakarta and the Sumatran city of Palembang are hosting the games from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2. About 9,000 athletes and several thousand officials and journalists are expected to take part. In a ceremony Wednesday at the 1,000-year-old Prambanan temple, the torch was touched with the Mrapen eternal flame that comes from a natural gas fire in a Javanese village. Local lore says the flame, used in annual Buddhist ceremonies, has burned since the 15th century. The organizing co...Keep on reading: Asian Games torch goes on month-long relay through Indonesia Read more