Hundreds of colorful kites will take to the sky this weekend as the city celebrates its annual Jakarta International Kite Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday (30/11/2013) and Sunday (1/12/2013) Jakarta administration in collaboration with Yayasan Masyarakat Layang – Layang and Legong Kite Society to host an international kite festival with the theme…
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5 Cool Parks for Ngabuburit in Jakarta
During Ramadan, there are some activities to do to spend time before the breakfast that called “Ngabuburit”. Originally Ngabuburit is a term that derives from Sundanese language, some said that is an slang words for “Ngabubur Beurit” or “chasing the mouse” while other said that according to the Lembaga Basa dan Sastra Sunda Ngabuburit means…
If Jakarta Fair is too Far, The Jakarta Creative Product Exhibition is your best options
Jakarta Governor, Joko Widodo, ensure Jakarta administration will held a folk festival started in 2014. He arranged for the event can be accessed by the general public for free of charge. He said that if there is an entrance fee it will be Rp. 1000 and Rp. 2000. Jokowi said, this time he had made…
Ahok: 2014, Jakarta Fair will be held at the Medan Merdeka
Jakarta Government will change the concept of activity Jakarta Fair (locally known as Pekan Raya Jakarta) in 2014. The Jakarta Fair will be returned to the original location in the area of Medan Merdeka Square. Basuki T. Purnama, Vice Governor of Jakarta, said that Jakarta Fair is people’s party, so the government is decide to…
Museum Nasional: Known as Museum Gajah
The National Museum or Museum Nasional or locally known as Museum Gajah (The Elephant Museum) located on Jl Medan Merdeka Barat No 12 Jakarta Pusat/Central Jakarta. The name of Elephatn Museum a bronze statue of elephant gift from King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) which is right in front of the Museum. Dutch East Indies government on…
Monumen Nasional: An Icon of Indonesian Capital
Monumen Nasional (National Monument) or popularly abbreviated with Monas or Monas Statue is a memorial statue with at 132 meters (433 feet) height, which was established to commemorate the struggle of the people of Indonesia to win independence from the Dutch East Indies colonial government. Monas was built on August 17, 1961 and opened to…
Jakarta by Train 