Burnt-out Indonesians beat the blues with children’s games
Flushed and sweating, 31-year-old Annisa Enggracia Fidel runs back and forth to defend her fort from invaders — hundreds of fellow adults all beating the blues by playing a nostalgic Indonesian children’s game.
The tech professional is a member of Jakarta’s “Playing Community”, a group that gathers after work every Friday to let off steam in ways not usually associated with grown-ups.
Similar get-togethers have sprung up elsewhere in the Southeast Asian nation as larger numbers of burnt-out workers seek novel solutions for handling stress and maintaining mental health.
