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Weekend Stories

Celebrating unity in diversity as Chinese New Year arrives

The town has been painted red, quite literally, symbolizing good fortune, luck, abundance, and joy to enliven the 2571 ...

Jakarta to organize Batavia China Town Show 2019

The capital city Jakarta will organize the Batavia China Town Show 2019 to showcase the inimitable collaboration ...

Weekend Stories

Reviving the legacy of Sabeni, the Betawi fighter

Sabeni can solely be identified through a black-and-white portrait painting, bearing Sabeni bin Channam 1860-1945, ...

Weekend Stories

Meet "Si Pitung": Betawi's revered bandit, loathed by the rich

In the mid-19th Century, bordering Batavia, Jakarta’s old city under Dutch colonial government, the powerless, ...

Weekend Stories

Entong Gendut and fight for farmers' cause in early 1900s

As Indonesians get into the spirit of celebrating the country’s heroes on November 10, they have again begun ...

Weekend Stories

Haji Darip from Klender, a forgotten warlord

November 10 became one of the historic days for Indonesians since Heroes' Day is celebrated and constantly reminds ...

Discovering Jakarta

Looking closely at Chinese community in Jakarta

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas, with approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese living ...

Discovering Jakarta

Taste of heritage: culinary adventure in Jakarta's Old Town

With an abundance of historical sites scattered in every nook and cranny, Jakarta’s Old Town, popularly known as ...

Discovering Jakarta

Exploring the past through Kota Tua Jakarta museums

A Hermes statue welcomes everyone to the courtyard situated in the middle of a neoclassical structure of the Jakarta ...

Jakarnaval 2019 portrays local and foreign culture, arts

Jakarnaval 2019, a traditional arts and culture parade to celebrate the capital city's anniversary, repeated the ...

Foreign embassies to join Jakarnaval 2019

A number of foreign embassies in Indonesia will join the Jakarnaval 2019 parade with the theme “The New Face of ...

Int'l music festival to add spark to Jakarta's anniversary celebration

An international music festival will liven up celebrations to mark Jakarta's 492nd anniversary at Banteng Square in ...

Jakarta residents given opportunity to hold events in Betawi Village

The Betawi Cultural Village (UPK) Management Unit of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Office of Tourism and Culture will ...

News Feature

Exploring Jakarta's Kota Tua tourist attraction during Eid holidays

Several protocol roads in the capital city of Jakarta remained silent from the sounds of motorized vehicles on the ...

Indonesian cuisine reigns supreme at Eid celebrations in Netherlands

As many as two thousand people attended the event of halal bihalal, or get-together to celebrate post-fasting ...