VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The Indonesian Embassy in Berlin and the Indonesian Community Forum in Dresden, Germany held the 2022 Indonesischer Abend (Indonesian Night) at the Dresden City Museum, Dresden, on Saturday (15/10). It’s a cultural performance that brought some Indonesian artists, dancers and musicians, and it was also attended by at least 200 people, including Dresden Deputy Mayor for Education and Youth, Jan Donhauser. Indonesian Ambassador to Germany,  Arif Havas Oegroseno explained that  he welcomed the Indonesischer Abend activity in Dresden as one of the highlights of the celebration of 70 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Germany. He underlined the beauty of diversity and tolerance of culture and religion in Indonesia as the world's largest Muslim country.

Meanwhile,  Jan Donhauser conveyed  that the presence of the Indonesian community and diaspora in Dresden has contributed to cultural diversity and local harmony and  Indonesia's Abend is a good opportunity to introduce Indonesian diversity to the people of Dresden. Moreover,,Indonesischer Abend presents lots of Indonesian cultural arts, such as ethnic Papuan dances, West Java bajidor kahot, Balinese dances with Sinrilik music, vocal groups and traditional Maluku dances, West Sumatra wax dances, and West Kalimantan ruai dances.

According to the Indonesian Embassy, the event was welcomed by the people and the Indonesian diaspora in Dresden, as well as being a sense of longing for many Indonesian diaspora in the city and its surroundings. Since, they have not had the opportunity to return to their own country, indonesia. The Dresden City Museum was also enlivened by Indonesian Day which provided a number of outlets to introduce various aspects of Indonesian culture, such as batik, wayang, and various Indonesian traditional snacks.