Teams of Indonesians clambered over each other on August 17, 2022, to reach prizes hanging from the top of slippery tree trunks in an annual competition held to celebrate the country's Independence Day.
The game called Panjat Pinang, which means “climbing palm trees," to reach for the prizes, is the first such event in two years after Indonesia suspended large public events to prevent crowding and the spread of disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At an amusement park in the capital, Jakarta, 45 palm tree trunks coated in oil were set up for the games, one of many such competitions taking place across the sprawling archipelago of 270 million people.
The country celebrates 77 years of independence from Dutch rule.
(Reuters)
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