Monas Kite Festival: Let's Run a Kite!!

It's summer time and the good news is, you can see some kites this weekend! Whoaa... I'm so excited about this. Why is that so? Because kite is something that I don't see for a long time, this is not only ordinary kites  and moreover, I don't have to go far to see them Just go to Monas this Sunday and you'll find A LOT. Yes, Monas will not stand alone this weekend because hundreds of kites will color up Jakarta sky.

Minangkabau Culinary Photography Competition

"Exploring West Sumatra Culinary"

 West Sumatra or Minangkabau blessed with hundreds culinary variations that is famous within Indonesia people and international food lover. For Indonesian, Minangkabau food is widely acceptable for its taste and serving . It's proven by the amount of "Rumah Makan Padang" you can find throughout Indonesia and other countries. You can find the taste is more original in the homeland. Actually, there are many kinds of local taste in Minangkabau that hasn't been exposed, thus, we should preserve and promote Minangkabau food for the world know them and acknowledge Minangkabau food.

In order to increase people's awareness of Minangkabau's food, West Sumatra Government work together with tourism photography site West-Sumatra.com and food mailing list Jalansutra to expose and promote the uniqueness of Minangkabau culinary. They organize a Photography Competition event called "Jelajah Wisata Kuliner Sumatra Barat" (Exploring West Sumatra Culinary). The object may range from food&beverage variations, the making process, serving process, and many others. But, all of them should be taken in West Sumatra, located in public places, such as Restaurants, Cafe, Food stall, etc. Any additional food arrangement will be accepted, because it can give additional knowledge to the maker. Short description is also needed, no longer than 1000 words. Grandprize: IDR 2,5 mio.

Minangkabau Food serving style

For more technical rules and registrations can be seen here 

Photo submission will be closed on July 24th 2011.

Source: Lidia Tanod, Jalansutra

Dragon Boat Festival 2011

This festival is a famous and festive celebration of Summer Solstice  in Lunar calendar. In Bahasa, it's called "Festival Peh Tjun" which has the same meaning as the English name. Some people also called it Festival Cisadane.

This festival will takes place in the bank of Cisadane River, Tangerang. It's near the Old Market area. You can reach the area by train, it located about 800meters from the train station.

Full schedule can be seen here:

4-5 June : Dragon Boat Celebration 2542/2011

6 June : Cisadane Festival Cultural Performances

7 June : Traditional and Lenong Betawi Dance Competition

8 June : Liong (Dragon), Barongsai (Lion Dance), Wushu and Traditional Betawi Martial Arts

9 June : Dragon Boat Race & Debus/Wayang Golek

10 June : Marawis & Campursari Music

11 June : Calung Music & Dragon Boat Race

12 June : Kole-Kole Boat Race, Cultural Carnival

There will also be photography competition by KFT,  grandprize : IDR 2.5 mio and 10 prizes @IDR 1mio.

NB: There will be around 45 Lion Dance and 15 Liong that plays in the bank of the river. There wil lalso be floating stage for Gambang Kromong Musical Show and from Nan Feng Music Group.

Another unique competition is a contest to make an egg stand still. It can be found at Vihara Nimmala, Tangerang. Viewers can see attractions of up to 1,000 standing egg there.

Besides the festivals and competitions, you can also find unique food that's available during this festival, Bakcang. 

 This is one of the most wanted event in Indonesia for food lovers and photography hunter.

Source: dr. Sindhiarta Mulya, http://smulya.multiply.com/photos/album/250/