Torch relay begins for Asian Games in Indonesia

The Asian Games torch began its journey on a relay course across Indonesia after a flame received from India a day earlier was merged with the sacred Javanese Mrapen eternal flame on Wednesday evening in Central Java.In a ceremony at Prambanan, a ninth century Hindu temple complex, the flames were brought together by Indonesian badminton legend Susy Susanti, the designated torch relay ambassador.Indonesian former tennis player and Asian Games gold medalist Yustedjo Tarik then handed the torch to the country's Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, who declared the official start of the relay.…READ FULL ARTICLE