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Primaduta Award for Lebanese Businessman (0)
The Indonesian Embassy in Beirut has acknowledged its continued support for trade cooperation improvement between Indonesia and Lebanon. Indonesian Ambassador to Lebanon Hajriyanto Y Thohari gave the Primaduta Award to Lebanese businessman and importer, George R Fattouh. The award was given for his service in helping market Indonesian products in Paris from the Middle East. The award was given at a ceremony at the Indonesian Embassy in Beirut, Thursday (11/1) Fatough, is the owner of George R. Fattouh S.A.L, a business that has been importing Indonesian products since the 1980s. It has a range of products, including: palm oil and its derivatives, oil and fats (including cocoa butter substitute, fat spread, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, and lauric confectionery fats), cardboard, stationary, and school equipment. Some Indonesian products are now even available at famous retail networks, such as Spinney’s and Carrefour. In 2022, the value imported by George R. Fattough S.A.L of Indonesian products, was 981.3 million USD. This was a 149.5 million USD increase when compared to 2021. Fattouh said Indonesian products are known for their quality and are in high demand in Lebanese markets. However, he said, the challenge now is increasing freight costs due to security challenges in the region.
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Garulina (0)
Listeners, a number of delicious dishes were served to the guests of Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman Yogyakarta, at the wedding reception of the youngest son of K.G.P.A.A. Paku Alam X, namely B.P.H. Kusumo Kuntonugroho with Laily Annisa Kusumastuti which was held on January 10, 2024.Head of the Customs and Accommodation Division, Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman, KRT Radyo Wisroyo said that the menu served to guests was quite varied. These menus are typical menus prepared by Pakualaman Pura, Indonesian menus and western food menus were also available. All invited guests including VIP and VVIP guests got the same menu. The first menu served to welcome guests, namely two types of welcome drink, namely lime lemongrass and ginger drink with lime. The welcome drink was given when guests sat down and watched the Bedhaya Sidamukti and Bedhaya Kakung Indrawidagda dance performances. Next, they gotsnacks for appetizer such as croquettes and other light snacks. There is a snack that is considered quite special and rare called Garulina. Garulina was the opening snack at the Pahargyan Dhaup Ageng Pakualaman lunch on the first day. Garulina has been around since the era before Indonesian independence. Garulina is actually not a typical Central Javanese food. It looks like the Lapis Legit layered cake, but there is something different, because there is a special layer like vla which is made from fresh milk, eggs and sugar. To get this sweet snack, Pakulaman Temple has to place a special order from the third generation of makers who have been pioneering since the 1950s. In Jogja, Garulina is very difficult to find and is considered rare because it is not sold every day.
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August
The application "ParuKu" by UI students wins the People's Choice Award
Written by Maryati
The innovation of the ParuKu application by University of Indonesia (UI) students won the People's Choice Award at the international NUS Medical Grand Challenge 2021 organized by the National University of Singapore. ParuKu is an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot application that helps accompany Indonesian people in making decisions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ParuKu application provides several services in the form of information on vaccination schedules and locations, information on the availability of hospital beds for Covid-19 services, as well as laboratory recommendations for Covid-19 diagnostic tests based on the user's location and the capacity of health facilities. The application is a collaborative work of students from the Faculty of Medicine (FK) and the Faculty of Computer Science (Fasilkom) UI.
On one hand, the idea of creating ParuKu innovation started from a phenomenon in the community who is worried about being infected with Covid-19 when visiting hospitals or other health sectors amid ongoing pandemic. On the other hand, people need to queue for a long time to receive health services, so there is a possibility of being infected. ParuKu is expected to be able to reduce the duration of time that must be provided for the administrative process in receiving health services. In addition, this application allows users to visit health facilities at the right time without having to queue for a long time.
Mutiara Auliya Firdausy, a member of the ParuKu Team hopes that this application can be widely used in many areas and can help accelerate the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The ParuKu application is one of the innovative solutions from the 16 participating teams in the 2021 NUS Medical Grand Challenge competition which is judged by a panel of judges who have expert backgrounds from various industries, such as information technology, health care, and engineering. Each team put their proposals into action and their ideas were judged to have an impact on healthcare, innovation, business strategy, marketing and commercialization.
August
The Indonesian Embassy in Dakar succeeded in assisting to repatriate seven Indonesian crew members who previously experienced a shipwreck accident in Senegalese waters. The seven crew members arrived by a Turkish Airlines flight at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Banten on Monday (23/8).
Previously, on Wednesday(4/8), the Indonesian Embassy in Dakar received a report of the sinking of the Brika Ship, a Spanish-flagged fishing vessel, due to a leak at one point in the hull. A total of 25 crew members, including 7 Indonesian crew members who worked on the ship, were rescued. The embassy immediately brought all Indonesian crew members to the Indonesian Embassy in Dakar, considering that the ship owners could not be responsible for providing temporary accommodation for these Indonesian citizens in Dakar.
While waiting for their return, the Indonesian crew members participated in the celebration of the 76th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia at the Indonesian Ambassador's House in Dakar, along with a number of other Indonesians. One of the crew members of the Brika ship, Murtani expressed his gratitude for not feeling alone in facing this disaster abroad. He was also very grateful to Indonesian Ambassador to Dakar, Dindin Wahyudin and his staff who have accommodated him well in Dakar and facilitated his return to Indonesia.
Before releasing the crew members, the Indonesian Embassy in Dakar provided clothing, food and medical equipment for the crew during the trip. In addition, the Indonesian Embassy also ensured that all required travel documents for crew members, including a PCR test result certificate with a negative result, have been met.
The success of the Indonesian Embassy in Dakar in ensuring the return of the seven crew members was inseparable from the support provided by the company that recruited crew members in Indonesia and the Indonesian Consulate General in Istanbul that helped ensure the smooth transit of the seven crew members at Istanbul Airport.
August
Do you know if the largest banana tree in the world is in Indonesia, precisely in the Afak Mountains, West Papua ? The Latin name is Musa ingens or Musa ingens NW Slimmonds. In the local language, the residents of Banfot Village, Tambrauw Regency, West Papua call this giant banana by the name ndowin or apit sepoh. Banana stem height reaches 24 to 30 meters, equivalent to 6 to 7 times the banana tree in general. The diameter of the Musa ingens banana tree reaches a size of 95 centimeters. Even, the trunk diameter of the Musa ingens tree can reach one meter to two meters. While the midrib of Musa ingens has a length of up to five meters with a width of about one meter.
This giant banana is usually used by local people. Usually, this banana midrib is used to store game or garden produce. Meanwhile, the banana leaves are used by local residents for roofs of emergency houses in the forest, sitting mats, and food mats. While the fruit itself cannot be enjoyed by residents, because usually the birds of paradise eat the bananas. Quoted from Indonesia.go.id, this giant banana was first collected as a specimen by Womersley JS and Simmonds NW, on December 22, 1954 in New Guinea. This Musa ingens banana has fruit with a length of up to 20 cm with a fruit size of 4-6 cm in diameter. One bunch of bananas can weigh up to 60 kilograms. The size of the bunch is generally about 35-50 cm in diameter, 70-80 cm in length. Banana peel color is green when young and yellowish when ripe. The fruit also has quite a lot of seeds with a size larger or the same as a banana in general.
The giant banana, Musa ingens, is one of Papua's endemic plants. So far, such a banana tree has only been discovered in the Arfak Mountains of West Papua with an altitude of 100 to 200 above sea level. One of the locations where these bananas exist is in Kwau Village, Mokwam District, Manokwari Regency, which shares a border with the Arfak Mountains Regency. The distribution of this species is only on the island of Papua, including Manokwari (Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve), Kaimana, Wondama Bay, and Fak-Fak (Central Fak-Fak Nature Reserve).
In Yapen District (Central Yapen Nature Reserve) and in Tambrauw District (Banfot and Esyom Muara Kali Ehrin), these giant bananas usually grow in secondary forests or former garden forests and on either side of the road with soil with substrate or deep soil solum. This type of banana grows in clusters or separately and is usually associated with Lithocarpus rufovillosus, Musa arfakiana, Musa balbisina and Dodonaea viscosa.
August
Jihane Almira Chedid, a representative of Indonesia at the Miss Supranational 2021 beauty contest held in Nowy Sacz City, Poland on Saturday (21/8) won some awards; one of them is the best national costume. The Indonesian Embassy in Warsaw in its written statement on Sunday (22/8) stated that aside from the Best National Costume award, Indonesia also won the Supra Fan Vote and the Continental Queens of Beauty. The embassy also mentioned that specifically for the national costume, Jihan, who performed the "horse" costume, defeated her competitors from the Philippines, Dominica, Sweden, Kenya, Thailand and Venezuela. The Indonesian Chargé d'Affaires Ad-Interim in Warsaw, Taufiq Lamsuhur explained that this Miss Supranational performance 2021 was not as usual because there were additional challenges for the participants due to the global pandemic situation. Thus, they were not able to bring a complete team.
Therefore, the Indonesian representatives tried to support as optimally as possible for Indonesian representatives at the event, since Miss Supranational event provides an opportunity for Indonesia to introduce Indonesian culture to the international public, particularly in Poland. Taufiq also affirmed that indirectly, the opportunity is for the promotion of Indonesian tourism, because the Indonesian representative sent to the event was the Indonesian Tourism Princess. The Indonesian government also promoted Indonesian cosmetics, the promotion of the fashion industry, and the creative industry as well as the diversity and richness of Indonesian culture.
August
The Indonesian Embassy in Paris promoted a t-shirt with an exclusive design in commemorating the 76th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence in Paris, France on Tuesday (17/8). The sale of the exclusive t-shirt also enlivened the Merci concept store in Paris. For a whole month, various Indonesian creative products filled the huts and shelves of Merci Stores in Paris in a promotion entitled "Merci Beyond Bali". The presence of Indonesian products at Merci shows that even amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the resilient Indonesian people continue to work to grow and recover from the impact of the pandemic. In commemorating Indonesia's independence, on August 17, 2021, the Merci store launched a t-shirt with a special design that was sold exclusively and limitedly. The T-shirt design features the logo of the spirit of the 76th anniversary of Indonesian Independence, namely “Indonesia Resilient, Indonesia Growing” combined with the feel of summer in Paris.
Oxford City Council in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in London, the Indonesian diasporas and students held 'Indonesia in Oxford 2021.' The event to strengthen Indonesia-UK cultural relations was held in Oxford City, England, Saturday (21/8). The event themed 'A Day of Inspirations & amp; The Opportunities' offered gamelan workshops, learning Indonesian for foreign speakers and demonstrations of Indonesian cuisine for British people living in Oxford and its surrounding area. Indonesian Ambassador to the UK, Ireland and IMO, Desra Percaya explained that Indonesia's presence in Oxford City is of strategic value, considering that Oxford is one of the most important and historic cities in the UK, as well as one of the world's academic centers.
August
The government of Indonesia officially opened the Indonesian Honorary Consulate in Constanta, Romania which coincided with the commemoration of the 76th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia. Indonesian Ambassador to Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Amhar Azeth submitted a Presidential Decree to the Indonesian Honorary Consul in Constanta, Emil Sirbu. It marked the official opening of the Honorary Consulate in the city on Tuesday (17/8). The Indonesian Embassy in Bucharest in its written statement received in Jakarta on Wednesday (18/8) stated that the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia in Constanta City also serves in a number of other regions in Romania, including Tulcea, Braila, Galati , Giurgiu, Vaslui, Vrancea, Ilfov, and Prahova. The presence of the Indonesian representative in Constanta is expected to contribute to the development of bilateral relations between Indonesia and Romania in the economic field, people-to-people contact and other fields that have the potential to be further explored.
Besides, the representative of Indonesia is also expected to facilitate the entry of products from Indonesia to the European market, particularly in the Eastern European region and vice versa. Constanta, as a port city in Romania, is located about 227 kilometers to the east of the Romanian capital, Bucharest. Moreover, Indonesia is also considered to be a bridge for Romania in order to foster relations with countries in the Southeast Asian region. The inauguration of the honorary consulate was also witnessed by high-ranking officials in Romania, including the State Secretary of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, Mihai Lupu and Mayor of Constanta, Vergil Chitac. The inauguration ceremony was held face-to-face by applying health protocols. On the occasion, both countries presented typical culinary dishes of each country to be enjoyed by the invitees. On the sidelines of the event, the invitees also enjoyed cultural performances by Romanian artists, including Balinese dance performances, Gamelan, and Poco-Poco dance and Maumere gymnastics.
August
UI Students Design “Paman Sandi”, an Interactive Literature Learning Innovation
Written by Maryati
Students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FIB UI) created an innovation for learning literature in the form of board games and cards with the theme of Indonesian literature called the Indonesian Language and Literature Game Board (Paman Sandi). This innovation was initiated by Paman Sandi's Student Creativity Program Team for Entrepreneurship (PKM-K). The idea for this innovation stems from their discovery of data from the Indonesian Survey Institute in 2018 about the lack of interest in studying literature in Indonesia.
From the problem, the three UI students got an idea to form Paman Sandi as a non-book literary learning product. In addition to the literary elements, Paman Sandi's product raises the language element which is applied to the questions. This is also based on the inequality of the names of national writers who are better known than regional writers. The shape of this game is like the Uno game card with a shape like a rectangular net that can be disassembled into a board. This game is also packed with 40 literary cards which are the main points of the game.
On each literary card, there are two sides of information; on the front side there is brief information about face illustrations, place of birth date, works of Indonesian writers, as well as interesting facts about the writer. Meanwhile, on the back side of the card, there are three questions about language and related to the interesting facts of the writer, as well as a quote from the writer's literary work. This game relies on the cards that the players get and the system is to exchange cards and answer questions on the cards. Each player is asked to question what card he wants to have with other players, for example a red card from the Java Island. If the player can answer the question posed by the opposing player who holds the red Java Island card, he or she is entitled to the literary card.
August
The History Of Syuro Porridge From The Prophet Noah’s Ship
Written by Nur YasminOne of the cultures in marking Islamic big day, especially in the month of Java Suro (Muharam, Arabic), in addition to every 1 Suro night or the beginning of Suro jamasan keris or heirlooms. At 10 Muharam (Asyuro) is also very famous for the culture of Porridge Syuro.
Syuro porridge is like chicken porridge, but without the sauce and topped with shredded, dry tempeh, omelet, and other side dishes, it has always been the culture of Muslims and most of the Javanese.
If jamasan (washing) a keris or heirloom, it is like washing or cleaning a self as a form of philosophy of repenting and renewing with something new and good.
While the Syuro Porridge with white color with various additional side dishes and others is given the meaning that humans must whiten themselves or clean themselves. Because humans are basically full of knick-knacks of various kinds of mistakes like the side dish of Syuro Porridge.
According to Ustad Mahfudi, that the long journey of Noah's ship arrived at Zuhdi hill during the world flood, and failed to save his son, Kan'an. Approaching anchoring, when the position of the food is running low, it saves all the passengers on the ship by pulverizing the leftover food.
"So at that time the food on the ship was running low, then to keep enough and get the blessing, it was mashed into one and divided equally, all the passengers on the ship, until safe and. anchored in Asyuro," he said, Thursday (19/8/2021) to rri.co.id.
So, he said, if there is now Syuro Porridge, the history of the porridge itself already exists when 10 Muharam (Asyuro) became the staple food of the people of Noah's people who survived, as well as save the entire ship of Noah.
According to Mahfudi, the porridge is the same but the shape and taste are different, it just means that the porridge from the time of Noah became a kind of togetherness, and now it is continued to maintain togetherness with friendship. To remind each other of truth and patience. (KBRN Surabaya)
August
President Joko Widodo symbolically released exports of agricultural products from 17 Indonesian export gates from Bogor Palace, West Java on August 14, 2021. The release of exports entitled "Freedom of Exports" was also attended by Indonesian Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo from the Tanjung Perak container terminal, Surabaya, East Java. The total value of exports of Indonesian agricultural products to 61 countries including China is Rp 7.29 trillion.
In his remarks, President Joko Widodo said that agriculture is one sector that can survive amid a pandemic situation. He emphasized that Indonesia's agricultural products can continue to be pushed to non-traditional markets. Meanwhile, Minister Syahrul Yasin in his speech said that investment and exports are key to accelerating the achievement of national economic recovery.
The event was also attended by Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun along with the Indonesian Consulate General (KJRI) Shanghai, the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) Shanghai, and representatives of Chinese importers, namely the Chairman of the China Agriculture Wholesale Market Association (CAWA), Zengjun Ma. and CEO of Yan Ty Group, Ms. Lily.
In a dialogue session with Minister Syahrul Yasin, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun said that based on Chinese Customs’ data, the performance of Indonesia's exports to China, especially the agricultural sector for 2020 and the first semester of 2021, experienced a significant increase. In 2020, the export value of Indonesian agricultural products to China reached US$828.12 million dollars, equivalent to Rp 11.9 trillion, or grew by 86.95 percent compared to the total export value in 2019. As for the first semester of 2021, the total export value of Indonesian agricultural products to China has reached US$400.03 million dollars, or around Rp 5.7 trillion. The export grew 41.04 percent compared to the total export value in the first semester of 2020.
As reported by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Monday (16/8), the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing continues to hold promotions both offline and online in a bid to increase exports of Indonesian products. Promotions are also carried out through digital platforms and online business meetings as well as through various marketplaces in China.
August
Indonesian citizens in the UK commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia by holding a cycling competition around London City.
The Indonesian Embassy in London in its statement on Monday (16/8) stated that dozens of participants decorated their bicycles with red and white nuance and some of them wore traditional Indonesian clothes.
Indonesian Ambassador to the UK, Desra Percaya who also joined the competition by riding bicycle with Indonesian citizens who come from some cities in England on Sunday (15/8) explained that while cultivating a healthy lifestyle by cycling, the Indonesian Embassy in London held the event to promote the diversity of Indonesia to the public in London City. Ambassador Desra further said that the cycling route was chosen intentionally by passing iconic places in London so that the presence of Indonesian citizens was felt by local residents.
The participants started cycling from the Indonesian Embassy in London heading to Buckingham and Kensington Palace with the final point at Hyde Park, one of the largest parks and recreation hubs in London.
This activity is a series of events to commemorate the 76th Indonesian Independence Day held by the Indonesian Embassy in London which involved the participation of Indonesian citizens in the UK. The series of commemoration activities were carried out simply by obeying health protocols and precautionary standards for the Covid-19 pandemic. Indonesian citizens keep feeling the spirit of loving their homeland and express their gratitude. Ambassador Desra also emphasized that the most important thing is that Indonesian citizens participated in promoting Indonesia's diversity to the local people in London. In addition to cycling competitions, the Indonesian Embassy in London also held virtual community activities, namely singing competitions for national songs, rhymes and writing love letters for Indonesia.