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The most famous two boy-bands from South Korea Selatan, Super Junior and TVXQ visited Indonesia starting from March 20-23. They promoted Indonesian tourism. Tourism Ministry also facilitated their attendance in Indonesia. Their attendance is expected to be able to make Indonesian tourism more well-known in the world. A number of destinations visited by Super Junior and TVXQ during in Yogyakarta are like Borobudur temple, Prambanan temple, Tamansari, Kalisuci Cave Tubing, Sultan Palace, Malioboro, Kampung Bule, Jamblang cave, Kalisuci cave, and Parangtritis beach. Head of Public Communication Bureau of Tourism Ministry, Guntur Sakti said on Friday, March 22 that their arrival was to make film and vlog content on channel and TV program TV which will be shown in September 2019.

Betawi’s culture showed its enchantment in Super Design Show. The event was held on March 21. This was a series of the largest design event in the world, Milan Design Week 2019. In the Super Design Show this year, Betawi’s culture was displayed by Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD). ICAD collaborated with provincial government of Jakarta, with the theme ‘Essential Jakarta’. There were 8 icons of Betawi which were highlighted. They are Ondel-ondel, Kembang Kelapa, Gigi Balang ornament, Sadariah clothes, Kebaya Kerancang, Batik Betawi, Kerak Telor, and Bir Pletok. Then, the traditional foods, such as Gado-gado and Soto Betawi were served during the event. On the pavilion with 200 meters wide, ICAD explored Betawi’s traditional icons which succeeded to adapt with modern life. 

A singer from Indonesia achieved international award. After Agnez Mo achieved award in the United States of America, now a Dangdut singer, Via Vallen received an award as Special Guest from Indonesia from BraVo Awards 2019 which was held at The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia recently. Earlier, the award had been received by Sandhy Sondoro who achieved the award in International Professional Music Awards "BraVo" that was held at The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia last year.