Medics and Covid-19 patients play the angklung to mark one year anniversary of major hospital
By AFP
25 March 2021 |
2:57 pm
Around 1,500 medical workers and Covid-19 patients, many in full PPE, join for a mass performance of the angklung, a traditional Indonesian instrument made of bamboo. The act marks the opening of the country’s largest Covid-19 hospital which has treated more than 70,000 patients.
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