media before.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin
Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, has embraced the "selfie", taking
part in a number of light-hearted self-shot pictures and videos
during his tour of Asia that contrast with the pomp and formality
of most of the octogenarian monarch's trips abroad.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo watches as former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter
Puan Maharani, a minister in his cabinet, take a selfie with Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the presidential
palace in Indonesia March 2, 2017.
In the first days of a lengthy regional tour, the king has appeared
with top-ranking officials in Indonesia and Malaysia in pictures
and clips that have been shared online millions of times.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo shared on Facebook a video of
himself dining with the king at the presidential palace in Bogor,
near the capital Jakarta.
In the video, both men comment on the visit, the first to Indonesia
by a Saudi king in nearly five decades, and give viewers a rare
peek into a state event.
As Widodo holds what appears to be a phone camera, the king
is seen dining on soup and using gold-coloured cutlery before
commenting in Arabic on his 12-day visit to Indonesia, the
longest leg of his month-long tour of Asia.
"I'm very happy to be here in Indonesia and with the Indonesian
people," King Salman says to the camera, as an interpreter sitting
behind him translates into Bahasa Indonesia.
The king was also photographed posing for a selfie with former
president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter Puan Maharani,
who is a member of Widodo's cabinet.
Indonesia has a high concentration of Facebook and Twitter users,
and selfies are a mainstay of social media in the world's fourth
most populous country.
Earlier this week, King Salman was seen in a selfie posted on
Twitter with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, during the
first stop on his sweep across Asia.
Though rare, King Salman has made occasional appearances on
social media before, including when he posed last year for a
selfie in Qatar with a teen who survived cancer.
The king is travelling with an entourage of several hundred
people and nearly 500 tonnes of luggage, including two
gold-coloured escalators.
After Jakarta, the delegation is set to take a break in the resort
island of Bali, where up to four hotels and 300 luxury cars have
been booked for more than a week, according to local police and
a tour agency association.
King Salman is also set to visit Brunei, China, Japan, the Maldives and Jordan.
Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, has embraced the "selfie", taking
part in a number of light-hearted self-shot pictures and videos
during his tour of Asia that contrast with the pomp and formality
of most of the octogenarian monarch's trips abroad.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo watches as former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter
Puan Maharani, a minister in his cabinet, take a selfie with Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the presidential
palace in Indonesia March 2, 2017.
In the first days of a lengthy regional tour, the king has appeared
with top-ranking officials in Indonesia and Malaysia in pictures
and clips that have been shared online millions of times.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo shared on Facebook a video of
himself dining with the king at the presidential palace in Bogor,
near the capital Jakarta.
In the video, both men comment on the visit, the first to Indonesia
by a Saudi king in nearly five decades, and give viewers a rare
peek into a state event.
As Widodo holds what appears to be a phone camera, the king
is seen dining on soup and using gold-coloured cutlery before
commenting in Arabic on his 12-day visit to Indonesia, the
longest leg of his month-long tour of Asia.
"I'm very happy to be here in Indonesia and with the Indonesian
people," King Salman says to the camera, as an interpreter sitting
behind him translates into Bahasa Indonesia.
The king was also photographed posing for a selfie with former
president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter Puan Maharani,
who is a member of Widodo's cabinet.
Indonesia has a high concentration of Facebook and Twitter users,
and selfies are a mainstay of social media in the world's fourth
most populous country.
Earlier this week, King Salman was seen in a selfie posted on
Twitter with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, during the
first stop on his sweep across Asia.
Though rare, King Salman has made occasional appearances on
social media before, including when he posed last year for a
selfie in Qatar with a teen who survived cancer.
The king is travelling with an entourage of several hundred
people and nearly 500 tonnes of luggage, including two
gold-coloured escalators.
After Jakarta, the delegation is set to take a break in the resort
island of Bali, where up to four hotels and 300 luxury cars have
been booked for more than a week, according to local police and
a tour agency association.
King Salman is also set to visit Brunei, China, Japan, the Maldives and Jordan.
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