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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.

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.

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Indonesian is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is about Kerja dari Rumah which means Work from Home.

Here is the conversation entitled Rapat Daring which means Online Meeting.Kevin dan Mela are working from home. They are talking about a plan to hold online meeting. Let’s read to the conversation.

After reading to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to a sentence Kita akan rapat daring malam Kamis (2x) which means We will have online meeting on Wednesday evening. In the sentence, there is the time of the online meeting, namely malam Kamis (2x) which means Wednesday evening. Malam Kamis has the same meaning as Rabu malam (2x). To mention time to hold an activity in the evening, you may say malam Kamis (2x) which means Wednesday evening and Kamis malam (2x) which means Thursday evening.

Let’s read to the other examples of sentences which emphasize time to do something.

Mela           : Kita akan rapat daring malam Minggu (2x) which means We will have online meeting on Saturday evening

Kevin          : Malam Minggu? Baiklah (2x) which means Saturday evening? Alright

Mela           : Kita akan rapat daring Sabtu malam (2x) which means We will have online meeting on Saturday evening

Kevin          : Siap (2x) which means Ok, I’m ready.

In daily speech, the expression of malam Minggu is more often used than Sabtu malam to refer to Saturday evening. The word malam is mentioned before the name of the day. For example, malam Minggu, the time refers to the evening before that day. If the word malam is mentioned after the name of the day, for example Minggu malam, the time refers to the evening after today. So, malam Minggu is the same as Sabtu malam and Minggu malam is the same as malam Senin. You should really understand this context so you will not get wrong when having appointment in the evening.

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.

Walking on the white sand, looking at the vast blue water and sitting under the shade of the trees may be one of your dreams to spend free time. There is no need to dream anymore because you can do this at Torohudan beach in Yogyakarta. Torohudan Beach is located in Kanigoro Village, Saptosari District, Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta Province. This beach is less popular. The place is hidden behind the fields and rice fields of residents. You could say that this beach is a new beach near Ngrenehan Beach.You can reach Torohudan beach by walking through a steep road and up and down for about 10 to 15 minutes to the beach. But for true adventurers, the path to the beach is able to provide adventure satisfaction with an extraordinary experience. Are you one of them?

The green view of the trees and plants in the fields will accompany your trip to get to the beach. When you enter the beach area, the grass and trees stretch out, directly adjacent to the sandy area of Torohudan Beach. The atmosphere is cool because of the trees that grow around it.

On both the left and right side of the beach, there are two cliffs flanking this beach. The sand is white, not fine and tends to be coarse. The waves are big enough to make this beach less appropriate for you to swim. You can only enjoy playing on the beach, fishing or just sitting and enjoying the beauty of Torohudan Beach. Because it is still a new beach and has not been managed well by the government and the facilities on this beach have not been built yet.

Torohudan Gunungkidul Beach is open 24 hours a day. However, you are recommended to visit during the day only because there are no lights around the road to this beach. Complementing supplies is highly recommended and the most important thing is not to forget to bring enough mineral water, because the trip to Torohudan beach will be very exhausting. You also need to pay an entrance ticket of Rp5000 per person. This fee includes the entrance fee to the Torohudan beach line, including Ngrenehan and Ngobaran beaches. Even though it's only you and your family on this beach, remember to always apply health protocols. Happy holidays!