TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - To enliven Eid al-Fitr holiday, National Monument (Monas) Management Unit (UP) held national cultural performances for four days starting from Wednesday until Sunday. The event showcased dances and arts from various regions in Indonesia, as reported by Antara News.

“With this national cultural performances event, it is expected that the people coming to Monas could be entertained and love national culture even more,” said Head of Monas UP, Rini Hariyani, on Wednesday.

According to Hariyani, her party had prepared everything since Tuesday. The stage was intentionally set up in the CUp area of Monas which near to visitors’ queue-line to go up to the top of Monas. Thus, the visitors would feel entertained.

“On holiday like this, the queue to the top will be a long one. That’s why we set up the stage to entertain the visitors waiting in line. Hopefully the event runs well as scheduled,” she uttered.

For the visitors, the tariff charged to go to cup area of Monas is Rp2,000 for children, Rp3,000 for student, and Rp5,000 for adult. To reach its top, they must pay more Rp2,000 for children, Rp5,000 for student, and Rp10,000 for adult. Besides getting tickets, they also get bracelets in the color of orange, yellow, purple, pink, and green that marked their time in Monas' cup and top. Each bracelet marks one hour.

ANTARA