Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Poland Festival 2022 is being held in four provinces of Indonesia, namely Jakarta, West Java (Bandung), East Java (Surabaya), and Bali (Sanur), from October 17 to November 4.

“This year’s Poland Festival is already the third edition. We (held it) first here in 2019, then last year in 2021, and now 2022,” the Ambassador of Poland to Indonesia, Beata Stoczyńska, said at the festival here on Saturday.

The festival is being hosted by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency as the main organizer, with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Jakarta.

The festival is promoting 18 FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brands from Poland available at 10 supermarkets in Indonesia.

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According to Stoczyńska, the products promoted through the festival are mainly food and cosmetic products.

“Those products are already in the Indonesian market,” she noted.

During Saturday’s event, visitors also participated in a Polish language flash course and tasted Polish foods.

Visitors take a group photo after participating in a Polish language flash course at the Poland Festival 2022 in Jakarta on Saturday (October 22, 2022). (ANTARA/Raka Adji)
On the same occasion, head of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency in Jakarta, Jacek Kołomyjec, said that there are three goals that the festival aims to achieve. The first is bringing diverse, high-quality Polish products to Indonesian consumers, he informed.

Second, the festival aims to provide an opportunity to Indonesian importers and distributors to do some good business by bringing Polish products to the market, he said.

“Our third goal is to bring Indonesia closer to Polish producers so they can consider investing in Indonesia,” Kołomyjec added.

Aside from Polish food and cosmetic products, this year’s festival is also promoting the railway, tourism, and culture sectors.

As part of the festival, a Polish Contemporary Textile Art and Batik Exhibition was launched at the Indonesian National Museum, Jakarta, on October 3. The exhibition will remain open throughout October.

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Reporter: Raka Adji
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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