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]

2018 Asian Games
closing ceremony
Date2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)
Time19:00 – 21:25 WIB (UTC+7)
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates6°13′7″S 106°48′9″E
Filmed byIGBS
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FootageThe ceremony on the Games' YouTube channel on YouTube

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 series of consequences as a result of the devastating earthquake struck the city a several 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]

Performing artists

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

Foreign dignitaries

See also

References

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