To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Iranian Embassy in Indonesia is holding Iranian Culture and Art Festival in Jakarta. In his remarks at the opening of the festival on Saturday (02/16/2019) at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran Valiollah Mohammadi said that in 2019 Iran and Indonesia would be more active in the field of culture.
“I hope in 2019 we’re trying to be more active in the field of culture and other sectors related to culture, science and technology, education, music, films, and other parts," said Valiollah Mohammadi.
Ambassador Valiollah added that these days one team from Indonesia, from the Tourism Ministry and also from cultural centers of Indonesia in Tehran, have been active in promoting Indonesian tourism in Iranand organizing Indonesian cultural performances in Iran. In addition, they will also hold a Hijab exhibition in one of the cities in Iran. The Iranian Culture and Art Festival is held at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta from February 16-19 2019. (VOI / AHM)
Ten Indonesian students and one Indonesian school received awards in "the 2019 Lidice children fine art competition” from the Czech Republic government. The awards were given by the Czech Republic Ambassador to Indonesia Ivan Hotek, Thursday (14/02/2019) at the residence of the Ambassador of Czech Republic in Jakarta. More than 20,000 art works by children from 79 countries were entered in the competition this year. From Indonesia, out of 336 entries that took part, only one student received The Medal whereas nine other received the Honorable Mention. The Medal was awarded to Kennard Alvaro Hadinata, the student of Nirvana Visual School, Surabaya, East Java.
“So, as I said, this competition was created to commemorate victims of the second world war in the Czech village Lidice. And, to commemorate to all of us that usually during each conflict, the most suffering people are ladies and children. And, that is why we have to do everything in this modern world to prevent conflict. It doesn’t matter if you are Christian, if you are Muslim or if you are Budist. In the end, everyone suffers the same,” said Ivan Hotek.
In addition to ten Indonesian children receiving the awards from the competition, one Indonesian school, Fajar Hidayah Islamic school was awarded a plaque of acknowledgement for their work in helping educate orphaned children. The ambassador asked all participants to re-enter the competition next year and encourage their class-mates to do the same. (VOI/LISA/AHM)