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Among Gus Dur's feats as a promoter of pluralism is the fact that he was the first president to acknowledge Chinese New Year, known as Imlek, which he declared a national holiday.
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Now Indonesians of all ethnicities visit the city's temples during Imlek, as the holiday is known here.
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"Imlek used to be a kind of festivity for all citizens before it was restricted under Soeharto's [New Order] administration," he told The Jakarta Post recently.
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Others played in the street, performing a modified barongsai lion dance in various forms while their parents either sold snacks and accessories typical to Imlek or visited their Chinese neighbors.
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At least that was how Jakarta residents used to celebrate Imlek before the New Order government (1966-1998), an observer of Chinese culture, Tedy Jusuf, recalled.
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"We can see how festively Imlek is celebrated in malls and shopping centers throughout Jakarta, but we no longer feel an emotional bond."
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"Imlek has turned into a commercial event and has lost its traditional sense," she said.
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At least that was how Jakarta residents used to celebrate Imlek before the New Order government (1966-1998), an observer of Chinese culture, Tedy Jusuf, recalled.
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Others played in the street, performing a modified barongsai lion dance in various forms while their parents either sold snacks and accessories typical to Imlek or visited their Chinese neighbors.
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Children from various ethnic backgrounds happily shouted or knocked on doors of houses of Indonesian-Chinese around their neighborhoods asking for angpao distributed during Imlek Chinese New Year.
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