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The Indonesian Embassy in Canberra provides a place for kindergarten students from Hughes Primary School to learn about Indonesian culture at the Cultural Tourism Center of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Australia. The Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, through an official statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday (27/8), conveyed that a team from the Education and Culture Attaché office of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra welcomed 37 kindergarten students accompanied by six teachers. Staff from the Education and Culture Attaché Office of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Witari, explained that the students and teachers from Hughes Primary School learned about traditional houses in Indonesia and the traditional music art of Javanese gamelan.

The enthusiasm of the kindergarten students was seen when the staff of the Education and Culture Attaché office offered them the opportunity to learn to play the Javanese gamelan. Moreover, the students and teachers were also introduced to the Balinese gamelan in the Balai Kartini room of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra. In the room, the students were invited to recognize each of the instruments. The room also features a mini display case containing models of traditional houses and traditional clothing from several provinces in Indonesia. One of the teachers, Leanne, pointed out that Hughes Primary School students and teachers are very lucky to be able to visit the Embassy and get to know Indonesia more closely. According to Leanne, the experience will be a good memory for students in the future.

Furthermore, Attaché of Education and Culture of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Mukhamad Najib, welcomed the arrival of the students at the Cultural Tourism Center of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra. He said similar activities are often carried out by the office of the Attaché of Education and Culture in order to introduce Indonesia among students in Australia. So far this year, it has received three schools at the Cultural Tourism Center. Until the end of 2024, it has scheduled four more visits. Even in September, there will be the arrival of 100 students from Ngunawal Primary School. On that occasion, the team of the Attaché of Education and Culture of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra gave souvenirs to the students and teachers in the form of mini shadow puppets as part of cultural diplomacy.