Indonesia: Protecting historical temple from eruptions, pandemic

via Anadolu Agency, 16 December 2020: A look at how the Borobudur Conservation Office protects the temple from volcanic ash and other measures to protect tourists during the pandemic.

Dozens of stupas circling the Borobudur Temple, a 9th-century Buddhist temple, in the Indonesian Magelang city of the Central Java province, were covered in gray tarpaulins, to protect them from the raging Merapi volcano’s ashes.

“If volcanic ashes get in, it will be difficult for us to clean it since we have to dismantle the stupas,” Associate Cultural Officer of Borobudur Conservation Center Yudi Suhartono told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.

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