2018 Asian Games closing ceremony
The 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta .[ 1] It began at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7 ) and ended at 21:25 local time.[ 2] Like the opening ceremony, host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) broadcast the ceremony live internationally.[ 3] [ 4] Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla , president of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach , and president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah were among the dignitaries in attendance.[ 5]
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo , accompanied by then-West Nusa Tenggara Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi , addressed the ceremony via teleconference from an emergency shelter in Lombok , where a string of earthquakes struck four weeks earlier . Vice President Kalla delivered a bilingual speech, while Sheikh Al-Sabah officially closed the Games.[ 6] [ 7] Through the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee Gou Zhongwen , Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games torch, the first Games flag and the OCA flag from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan , South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin , and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Puan Maharani , respectively.[ 8] [ 9] Hangzhou -born and raised multinational holding conglomerate Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Hangzhou -born and raised gold medal-winning swimmer Sun Yang promoted their birth city Hangzhou , as the city will host the 2022 Asian Games .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
The closing ceremony featured tattoo-style performance from Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police Academy Drum Corps .[ 12] In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment involving traditional dance and music, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon , and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony.[ 10] [ 13]
Below is the list of artists who performed during the ceremony.
Indonesian artists
Foreign artists
Notable guests
Indonesians
Jusuf Kalla , Vice President of Indonesia and Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) steering committee chairman[ 5] [ 27]
Mufidah Mi'ad Saad, Second Lady of Indonesia
Megawati Sukarnoputri , former president (and previously vice president) of Indonesia[ 28]
Sinta Nuriyah , former First Lady of Indonesia, and her daughter Yenny Wahid [ 28]
Try Sutrisno , former Vice President of Indonesia[ 28]
Tuti Sutiawati, former Second Lady of Indonesia[ 28]
Imam Nahrawi, Youth and Sports Minister of Indonesia[ 27]
Retno Marsudi , Foreign Minister of Indonesia [ 29]
Darmin Nasution , Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of Indonesia [ 27]
Puan Maharani , Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs of Indonesia and INASGOC steering committee first vice chairwoman[ 8]
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan , Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of Indonesia
Sri Mulyani Indrawati , Finance Minister of Indonesia [ 28]
Syafruddin, Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform of Indonesia and chef de mission of the Indonesian contingent [ 29]
Eko Putro Sandjojo , Minister of Village, Underdeveloped Regions Development, and Transmigration Affairs of Indonesia[ 28]
Mohamad Oemar, head of the Vice-Presidential Secretariat of Indonesia
Rita Subowo, Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia for the 2018 Asian Games and 2021 Asian Youth Games
Erick Thohir , INASGOC and Indonesian Olympic Committee chairman[ 30]
Anies Baswedan , Governor of Jakarta and INASGOC steering committee member[ 8]
Alex Noerdin , Governor of South Sumatra and INASGOC steering committee member[ 8]
Foreign dignitaries
See also
References
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