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Bali won the prestigious award as the "Destination of the Year" at the 2019 TTG Travel Awards that took place at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Center, Thailand on Thursday (September 26^th). TTG or Travel Trade Gazette is a weekly tourism newspaper. The award was immediately handed over to the government of the Republic of Indonesia, which was represented by Deputy Marketing Development I at the Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar), Rizki Handayani in Bangkok on Thursday. Rizki Handayani said that the award made the government confident and Bali is the best tourism destination and is able to generate foreign exchange. He also said that the award is an international belief and recognition. This means that Bali is one of the world's tourism destinations. Rizki also reminded that maintaining achievements and awards will be more difficult than obtaining them. Therefore in the future, according to Rizki, the Ministry of Tourism in addition to maintaining and maintaining Bali as a world tourism destination, the Ministry of Tourism also seeks and promotes other leading regions which are priority tourism programs.

Meanwhile, Deputy Assistant for Marketing Development I Regional I of the Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar), Dessy Ruhati in a press statement in Jakarta on Wednesday (9/25) said that the award won by Bali becomes evidence of international recognition of Indonesian tourism. Dessy Ruhati, who led the Indonesian delegation at the largest MICE exhibition and exchange in Asia-Pacific pointed out that the award given to the winners in the "30 th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2019" event was a series of exhibitions and international tourism incentives Travel & Convention exchanges. Asia Meeting (IT & CMA) 2019 which took place in the same place on September 24-26, 2019.

The Indonesian Pavilion offered a variety of superior MICE tourism products and tourism information services on 10-Priority Tourism Destinations, including five destinations; Lake Toba, Borobudur, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, Likupang which were designated by President Joko Widido as a Super Priority Destination.

In the global MICE industry, Indonesia is represented by Bali, Jakarta, Lombok, Manado and several other destinations. The regions are a world-class MICE destination because they often host various international conventions.

Pagoda of Lumbini Park is a replica of Pagoda Shwedagon which is located in Burma, Myanmar. Its building is very beautiful and magnificent because it is coated with gold colored paint. Entering Pagoda complex, at the main gate, there is door with ethnic design of sculptured artist in Myanmar. The worship place also stores many relics which are remains of the ashes of the saints and put on the Pagoda.

Besides the beauty of pagoda which can be enjoyed by tourists, they can also admire the atmosphere surrounding the building. To go the park, visitors must be through suspension bridge to cross. The suspension bridge is more known with the name ‘Titi Lumbini’ and it is around 20 meters long.

The tourists are free to see the park with beautiful flowers under the bridge. They are also given knowledge on some plants because there is information board. Pagoda of Lumbini Park is at Tongkoh village, Dolat Rakyat district, North Sumatera. Because it is located at hamlet, the worship place has beautiful view and fresh air. If you go from Medan, you will take for 2 – 3 hours to arrive at Berastagi. If you use public transportation, you can go to Tugu Buah Jeruk. Afterwards, you take a walk for 3 minutes to Lumbini Natural Park.

Pencak Silat Festival was held at the Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, Maryland in the United States of America on Saturday (28/9). The event recorded history as the first festival which was held in the USA. The festival was participated in by hundreds of participants who were majority in the United States of American citizens and one of Pencak Silat maestros, Cecep Rahman. Cecep directly comes from Indonesia as star guest of the festival and shared his skill through workshop. The festival was also enlivened by warriors of Pencak Silat who educate various Silat colleges in the United States of America. In showing the uniqueness of cultural art element in Pencak Silat as original martial arts of Indonesia,  there were two groups of Indonesian art culture from Washington DC and surrounding area,  Rumah Gadang USA led by Muhammad Afdal, an artist from West Sumatra and Javanese Gamelan group of Indonesian embassy led by maestro Gamelan from Yogyakarta, Muryanto.

Twenty-six elementary students in Beijing, China accompanied by some teachers visited Indonesian embassy in Beijing towards celebration the 70th anniversary of the establishment of People’s Republic of China. Wade Cheng as companion of elementary students in Beijing, on Saturday (28/9) said that Indonesian embassy in Beijing is one of the main objects which should be visited by students because Indonesia has very tightly relations with China. At the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, those elementary students were received by ‘attaché staffs of Education and Culture and Indonesian students who joined in the Indonesian Student Association in China.  They were taught to play Angklung, Sundanese traditional instruments from bamboo and traditional dances from some regions in Indonesia. On the sideline of the visit, those students enjoyed lunch with Indonesian cuisine. 

Indonesian products were sold out by visitors of not only Indonesian citizens but also Danish citizens. Indonesian embassy’s press release in Denmark reported that those products such as batik and woven clothes were in demand, especially by women. Packaging food products such as soy sauce, chili sauce, abon and tea were also sold out. Many kinds of Archipelagic culinary such as Rendang, chicken kalio, gulai, chicken satay, fried rice, chicken noodle, Pangsit meatball, egg martabak, and Pempek were also sold. The visitors also tasted Wedang Secang and Indonesian coffee. Indonesian embassy in Copenhagen participated in Gentofte Cultural Festival held by the government of Gentofte district annually. This was stated by Indonesian ambassador to Denmark, M. Ibnu Said in press release on Saturday (28/9). In the festival, the visitors were also presented Pencak Silat attraction. Indonesian embassy in Copenhagen cooperated with Indonesian people and diaspora in implementing the cultural festival.

Voice Of Indonesia in Jakarta presents Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia, a lesson in Bahasa  Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio, which introduces   some  Indonesian vocabulary and  guides  you to use them in a conversation. The segment of Let's Speak Bahasa Indonesia is a cooperation of Voice of Indonesia, with the Language Development and Cultivation Agency, the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is Di sana ada pertunjukan or in English, ‘There is a show’.  

Next is a conversation about  ‘There is a show’ or Di sana ada pertunjukan. At Cultural Center  Tony, Joko, Endah and Dinda are at the Cultural Center in Yogyakarta.

After the conversation, now I’ll introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today. I’ll say each word slowly, and twice. You can follow after me.  

In the dialogue, Endah said Disana ada pertunjukan tari topeng which means ‘There is a mask dance show’ .

To explain the location or something far from you, you can use the word di sana wich means ‘there’.

For example :

-      Di sana ada pertunjukan tari topeng which means ‘There is a mask dance show’.

-      Dinda dan Joko berada di sana  which means ‘Dinda and Joko are there’.

To mention the location or something close to you, you can use the word di sini which means ‘here’.

For example :

-      Kita tunggu Dinda dan Joko di sini which means ‘we wait for Dinda and Joko here’.

-      Kemarin di sini ada pertunjukan tari topeng which means ‘yesterday, there was a mask dance show  here’.

Besides the words di sana and di sini,  the Indonesian language also has another word di situ in English ‘there’. The word di situ lies between the two words di sana and di sini.  If you want to explain someone’s location  or something that is neither too far nor too close from you, you can use the word di situ in English also means ‘there’.  So, if sorted from the farthest distance, the sequence words are: di sana, di situ, and di sini.

For examples:

-    Saya menyimpan  tiket di sana.     (I keep a ticket there.)

-    Saya menyimpan tiket di situ.        (I keep a ticket there.)

-    Saya menyimpan tiket di sini         .         (I keep a ticket here.)