US Vice President Mike Pence and his family have toured Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia.
The Pences removed their shoes at the entrance and his wife and daughters covered their heads with scarves. Inside they stopped at a large drum called a bedug as a man demonstrated the drumming. They then stopped at an open terrace that looked out to the mosque's dome.
Pence arrived in Indonesia on Wednesday as part of an Asian tour.
The mosque can accommodate up to 200,000 people.
Construction started in 1951 and the mosque was designed by Friedrich Silaban, a Protestant, according to its website.
Source: MENA
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