President of Jakarta
Megawati has different ways of testing Jokowi, whose popularity is unparalleled. The PDI-P chairperson has signaled that she will not run again for the presidency, boosting the Jakarta governor's chances of nomination.
August 1, 2013
Seated and flanked by Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla, Joko Widodo watches seriously as members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)'s Cakra Buana security detail put on a debus 'trance' performance. Occasionally the face of the Jakarta governor winced as he watched a debus performer beat his own body with a hammer or strip off coconut skin with their teeth.
In just five minutes one of the performers stripped the coconut down
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