A collaboration contemporary dance entitled "Mahabagini" by  dancers from the ten ASEAN member states will be shown during Jifolk, one of the series from the Sindoro-Sumbing Festival.

Mahabagini is a word of Sanskrit  language which means brotherhood. The dance will highlight the friendship values of ASEAN member countries.

Director of the Cultural Diplomacy Heritage Nadjamuddin Ramly in Yogyakarta on Sunday said the dance performance would be held in Temanggung at night.

"This is the first time for Indonesia to organize the ASEAN Contemporary Dance Festival. After they performed in Yogyakarta, they will continue to perform in Temanggung," Nadjamuddin Ramly said.

He said the event was expected to be able to strengthen brotherhood among the ASEAN nations.

"Through the dance, there will be an inner bond between ASEAN countries," Nadjamuddin Ramly said.

JiFolk (Java International Folklore), is the main event of the Sindoro Sumbing Festival, which features folklore in the form of arts. 

The show was attended by artists from 11 cities and 10 countries. A total of 500 artists will perform on stage in Temanggung Square.

The event has been held since July 12 and will end on July 14, 2019.

During JiFolk, local artists  have chances to display arts that they have been preserving. (ANTARA)

Prabowo Subianto, the number 2 candidate for President  in  the last elections  finally met with the elected President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the MRT Station, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Saturday (07/13/2019). On that occasion, Prabowo also apologized if he often criticized the running of the government because according to him this was part of  democracy. Prabowo also congratulated Jokowi on being elected president for  2019-2024 period.

“So, ‘congratulations’. Being president is serving, the problem that the president  has is  enormous, we are ready to help, if deemed necessary, for the benefit of the people,” Prabowo said.

Meanwhile, President Jokowi previously said that this meeting was a meeting between  friends. Prabowo himself stated that  they were indeed friends. Only, when participating in the 2019 Presidential Election contest, both of them took opposite positions.\ (AHM/PUTRI)

President elect, Joko Widodo met his competitors in the 2019 presidential election, Prabowo Subianto on Saturday (7/13/2019). The two met at Lebak Bulus MRT Station, South Jakarta. The meeting was warmly welcomed by excited citizens who shouted their names. In his remarks, President Jokowi conveyed that he urged all components of the nation to strengthen unity for the advancement of the nation and state.

“We also hope that the supporters also do the same thing because we are compatriots of the same country. There is no longer number 1 or number 02. What we have is Garuda Pancasila. Let us knit back our unity as a nation because of global competitions, competitions among  countries are now getting tougher so it requires a unity  in advancing this country, in building the country we love,” Jokowi said.

Meanwhile on that occasion, Prabowo congratulated Joko Widodo on being  elected President. During a meeting with Prabowo, Jokowi was accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Head of the State Intelligence Agency Budi Gunawan. Meanwhile, Prabowo was accompanied by Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani. (AHM/PUTRI)

Head of East Nusa Tenggara's (NTT's) Village Community Empowerment Service Sinun Petrus Manuk confirmed receiving a demand from Japan for 40 tons moringa flour produced by the village enterprise of M'rian, Kufeu, Malaka, per week.

"Moringa flour produced by the village enterprises of M'rian in Kufeu has attracted Japanese companies that are demanding a supply of 40 tons of the commodity per week," he told Antara here on Monday.

Manuk noted that a team from Japan, during a visit to Kufeu Village to closely observe the condition of soil, water, and moringa stems and leaves, found that organic moringa could meet Japan's market demand.

He expounded that the provincial government had coordinated with the Malaka district administration, village administration, and manager of the M'rian Village Enterprise to boost production to meet export demands.

"Since moringa production at Kufeu is good, it has been processed into various products, such as moringa flour, soap, and body moisturizers, but its production capacity is yet small," he pointed out.

Currently, the land area for moringa production in Io Kufeu District reaches some 80 hectares, he noted, adding that it will be expanded in five more villages, with 20 hectares each, in the sub-districts.

"Thus, the total land area can reach almost 200 hectares, and this is what we are pushing together in order to meet the foreign market demand," he remarked.

However, Manuk pointed to existing shortages in management facilities for moringa, including drying houses, as currently, the district only has one drying house and one storage machine, with a production capacity of 10 kilograms per hour.

To this end, Manuk confirmed that his side, along with several local village administrations, had agreed to build drying houses in five villages.

"Currently, drying houses are being built, and hopefully, by the end of July, they would have been used," he stated.

Manuk confirmed that his side had also added one storage machine, with an hourly production capacity of 10 kilograms, for the M'rian village enterprise in Kufeu Village as a production center.

"The number of machines will increase since the governor (NTT Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat) has promised to help provide 10 machines of higher capacity," he added