Jakarta-Japan Matsuri 2011

Matsuri is back!! This annual event is taking place in Hotel Nikko Jakarta and the closing will be held at Monas. The event itself has started from 18 September and will be closed on September 25th.

Jakarta Moon Cake Festival

Hi Event-hunter,


As I mentioned in the previous post, this month is really full of cultural event, all is very interesting and exciting! About those events, I will share just a glance with you, sorry can't make it on details since I'm working on a tight schedule recently. Soo, here is the first event I'll share:

Jakarta Mooncake  Festival

Korean Cultural Week 2011

Nah, I'll continue with a Korea cultural event, which will be held from 28 September-3 October at Gandaria City. It is called "Korean Cultural Week". This event is purrfect since they offer both modern and traditional culture of Korea.

The event consists of: 

Month of Cultural Event

Culture is the reflection of a country's spirit.

Every month in a year has their own unique characteristic. For example, December has a strong Christmas nuance. It depends on the people's activities too. In Jakarta, September is really a month of Culture, due to the number of cultural event I found here. Soo, after this you gonna find some post about Cultural Event in Jakarta on this September-October. Enjoy the culture when you can. Let's start it!

K-Lovers?? Hallyu.Wave.Gathering

Looking for a Korea Event in Jakarta? Well, it's not easy, but you're reading on the right spot. There will be an event called Hallyu Wave Gathering on the October 16th at Korean Cultural Center. The event is mostly aimed at TVXQ (Tohoshinki) fans as a fans gathering event. However, you can also found acoustic band performance, beatbox, Korean traditional dance, cover dance competition, bazaar, games, doorprize and many more.

Jakarta Highland Gathering 2011: What's on it?

Last May, I finally able to attend the Jakarta Highland Gathering 2011. It's an annual Scottish event for charity purposes located in Jakarta, which covers various games and sports. 

It is originated in Scotland, where they do it every year to celebrate Scottish and Celtic culture&heritage. When it was held for the first time in Jakarta on 1975, the committee aimed to make this a melting pot event between expatriates and Indonesian and give them an unforgettable experience of Scottish Highland games. With its long history and participants, it probably becomes the biggest Highland event in the Southern Hemisphere.

Jakarta Highland Gathering consists of series of events, starting from concerts and other pre-events are held in some venues. The peak event is divided into two days. On 28 May it's mostly about Sports for Children, while on 29, it's open for public and all family member. This year is the 32nd Jakarta Highland Gathering and they took Imperial Club Golf Karawaci as the location of event, in the middle of a golf playground island. 

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/

SMESCO UKM Festival 2011

On the 1-5 June 2011, SMESCO will held their 9th UKM Festival. In this event, there will be about 315 Small Medium Enterprise Cooperation (Integrated SME or KUKM in Bahasa) business owner from various places all over Indonesia, fill the space of 250 stands in SMESCO Building. You can find many kinds of products, from fashion items to accessories, furniture and households until F&B. This time, the festival title is “Puncak Kreasi dan Inovasi Produk Koperasi dan UKM”. The purpose of this festival is to strengthen the bond between KUKM's products with the people. There will also be fashion show, seminars and culinary festival.

Further info:

SMESCO UKM
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav.94 Jakarta 12780 – Indonesia
Phone: 62.21 2753 5400 (Hunting), Fax: 62.21 7919 4628
mailto : info@smescoindonesia.com
marketing@smescoindonesia.com
www.smescoindonesia.com

Source: http://festivalindonesia.wordpress.com/