Bodoviering Javaweg colorful spectacle of flags

Text and image Audry Wajwakana WANICA — Roaring mopeds, beautifully dressed people, cheerfully hopping children and gamelan music. Everything exudes a mega party on the Javaweg. The Bodo festival, or the festival of lights, is always a traditional affair here, but this year it seems to be an exuberant mix with a political flag festival. Waving NDP and PL flags are prominently displayed along the road. A pick-up truck full of VHP flags is at the …