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Calendar 2008 www.my-indonesia.info www.indonesia.travel TABOT FESTIVAL (1 MUHARAM MOSLEM NEW YEAR) INDONESIA RUN Bengkulu, January 10, 2008 (RUN FOR NATION) January ‘08 The traditional ceremony to commemo- Jakarta, January 20, 2008 rate the death of grandchildren of the About 100,000 people will participate Prophet Muhammad, Hasan and Hu- in this event to commemorate a 100 mon tue wed thu fri sat sun sein, in defending and preserving the years of nation’s awakening and will be religion. Highlight during the festival covered by national and international include various kinds of contests and media. 1 2 3 4 5 6 handicrafts exhibitions. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 GRAND LAUNCHING VIY 2008 Jakarta, December 26, 2007 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ARAK TABUIK FESTIVAL Pariaman, West Sumatra, January 20-22, 2008 1. NEW YEARS DAY A ceremony held to commemorate the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grand children, Hasan and Husein in the Karbala war, in the defence of the Moslem religion. 10. ISLAMIC NEW YEAR 1429 H Horse races, swimming contest, beach festival and art performance are also part of CALENDAR OF EVENTS the event. www.my-indonesia.info February ‘08 mon tue wed thu fri sat sun TOURISM FUNDAY ANYER 1 2 3 Banten, February 15-20, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 PASOLA JOUSTING CEREMONY Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara, INDONESIA OPEN GOLF February-March 2008 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 February, 2008 “Pasola” is West Sumba’s most exciting The Indonesia Open Golf is held at the ritual. Scores of colorfully arrayed horse- best tropical golf course and invites over men riding bareback, battle with lances. 150 golfers internationally. During these mock wars, riders charge 25 26 27 28 29 one another flinging blunt spears. The GRAND RACING ceremony is held during February in the SPEED CAR AND GP2 Lamboya and Kodi Villages and March in Sirkuit Sentul, Bogor, West Java Gaura and Wanokaka. It begins several February 16-17, 2008. days after the full moon and coincides with the yearly arrival of strange multi- hued sea worms of the region’s shore. 7. IMLEK CHINESE NEW YEAR 2559 There will be a Seminar on Culture and CALENDAR OF EVENTS Arts in East Nusa Tenggara. www.my-indonesia.info WEAVING AND HANDICRAFT EXHIBITION TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, DANCE PARADE AGRINEX INDONESIA 2008 March ‘08 March-May 2008 Batam, Kep. Riau, March 7-9, 2008 Jakarta Convention Center, To present the Malay culture and Local hand weaving of different design traditions. The event features a dance Jakarta March 20-23, 2008 mon tue wed thu fri sat sun and colour. Display of traditional wo- An exhibition for agribusiness ven textiles and clothing of Timorese. competition and dance performance Indonesia. Various handicrafts are also performed from dance groups and schools in city 1 2 at this exhibition. of Batam. INTERNATIONAL 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PUTRI BAU NYALE JAVA JAZZ FESTIVAL MANDALIKA FESTIVAL Jakarta, March 7-9, 2008 Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara An annual event much 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 March 15, 2008 anticipated by jazz It is linked to a popular folklore of a lovers, the festi- beautiful princess Putri Mandalika, val showcases who willingly sacrified herself by jump- over 1,000 jazz 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ing into the sea and promising a return musicians from in the form of the Nyale (sea worms). Indonesia and This event is usually participated in by abroad. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 youngsters. 31 7. NYEPI HINDU NEW YEAR 1930 SAKA 20. PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY 21. GOOD FRIDAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS www.my-indonesia.info LEGU GAM FESTIVAL SEA OFFERINGS CEREMONY MAULID MAAYUM ANAK Ternate, North Maluku, April 13, 2008 PELABUHAN RATU CEREMONY A folk festival to celebrate the birthday Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, South Kalimantan, April 12, 2008 April ‘08 of His Highness the Sultan of Ternate. West Java, April5-6, 2008 The traditional ceremony to commemo- Loyal subjects from throughout the rate the birthday of Prophet Muham- mon tue wed thu fri sat sun province gather at the Sultan’s Kedaton mad. (Palace) to watch or participate in the various colorful and traditional perfor- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE mances of the region. OF LOCAL AND COMMUNITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 BASED TOURISM AND CULTURE Padang, West Sumatra, April 2008 SEKATEN FESTIVAL 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Yogyakarta, April 2008 SEA OFFERING CEREMONY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pagatan, South Kalimantan, April 2008 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 INTERNATIONAL HANDICRAFT 28 29 30 TRADE FAIR 2008 (INACRAFT 2008) INDONESIA 2ND Jakarta, April 23-27, 2008 INT’L DIVING, ADVENTURE International Handicraft Trade Fair TRAVEL AND WATER SPORT (INACRAFT) is Indonesian handicraft Jakarta, April 2008 exhibition performed by Association of International annual exhibition, trade, Exporters and Producers of Indonesian retail package diving, training and semi- Handicraft (ASEPHI) as promotional tool nar of Indonesia destinations marine for Indonesian handicraft marketing to CALENDAR OF EVENTS tourism. the International market by exporting www.my-indonesia.info and to the local market. GORONTALO CULTURAL FESTIVAL Gorontalo, Sulawesi, May 3-7, 2008 Promoting Gorontalo’s cultural heritage. The festival invited local people to partici- DAYAK KALIMANTAN pate in various events, such as traditional dance and drama, traditional poetry read- CULTURAL FESTIVAL May ‘08 Palangkaraya,Central Kalimantan ing, martial arts, and folk music competitions. A colourful carnival display historical theme from different regions of Gorontalo. May 25-27, 2008 mon tue wed thu fri sat sun Art and cultural performances, exhibi- tions and conventions are performed at this event. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 KENDARI BAY FESTIVAL Kendari, South East Sulawesi SKY GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 May 9, 2008 Agam, West Sumatera, May 2008 MAUDU LOMPOA CIKOANG Cikoang, South Sulawesi SKY GLIDING FESTIVAL 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 May 6-8, 2008 Kota Batu, East Java, May 2008 GALESONG FESTIVAL EAST NUSA TENGGARA Takalar, South Sulawesi May 16-18, 2008 CULTURAL FESTIVAL 26 27 28 29 30 31 Galesong fisherman hold a traditional East Nusa Tenggara, May 2008 thanksgiving ceremony by throwing GRAND PRIX PHINISI offerings into the sea and hoping for a Jakarta, May 20 - August 17, 2008 prosperous future. This event will be followed by 200 phinisi boats acrossing 5,000 miles of distance BATANG MARANGIN from Sabang to Merauke. Through 90 1. ASCENSION DAY OF JESUS CHRIST RIVER RAFTING days of adventures, all the participants 20. HARI RAYA WAISAK Jambi, May 25-30, 2008 will have the glorious experience from CALENDAR OF EVENTS MUAROJAMBI TEMPLE FESTIVAL RAMAYANA BALLET the graceful phinisi. Jambi, May 29 - June 2, 2008 PERFORMANCE www.my-indonesia.info Prambanan, Yogyakarta, May 2008 WORLD BATIK SUMMIT SRIWIJAYA FESTIVAL Jakarta, June 1, 2008 Palembang,South Sumatra, The pilot project of the worldwide con- June 16-23, 2008 June ‘08 The festival is aimed to enhance the ap- vention and exhibition for batik This event will be attended by many coun- preciation of the local people toward mon tue wed thu fri sat sun tries. their own culture and to be one of the an- nual events in Palembang, South Suma- INDONESIA SAILING tra. The festival includes traditional and CHAMPIONSHIP contemporary cultural performances, 1 Marina Ancol, Jakarta, June 4-8, 2008 speed boat races, boat decorating con- tests and exhibition of an old Sriwijaya JAKARTA FAIR AND boat and other entertainments. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 JAKARTA GREAT SALES Jakarta, June 14 - July 14, 2008 YOGYAKARTA ART FESTIVAL Yogyakarta, June 7 - July 7, 2008 LAKE TOBA FESTIVAL A month long art festival to celebrate 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 North Sumatra, June 13-16, 2008 the many artistic and cultural tradition of Yogyakarta. This festival features BANDAR LAMPUNG FESTIVAL parade traditional performances, ex- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (BEGAWAI FESTIVAL) hibition of art and tourism, and other Bandar Lampung, Lampung, June 2008 traditional entertainments. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 FLOATING MARKET FESTIVAL Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan 30 WAISAK CEREMONY June 2008 BAKAR TONGKANG FESTIVAL Magelang, Central Java, June 2008 Every morning between. The local peo- Bagansiapiapi, Riau, June 2008 The “Waisak” is a religious event observ- ple sell from their rowing boats along It is a thanksgiving ceremony ing the birth of Sidharta Gautama held the Martapura river. observed by the Chinese community at Mendut and Borobudur temples. The at Bagansiapiapi, during which a va- CALENDAR OF EVENTS ceremony is first started with religious PHINISI RACES (SOUTH KALI- riety of traditional attractions such as praying in Mendut. MANTAN- SOUTH SULAWESI) the Barongsai dance is performed. www.my-indonesia.info South Kalimantan, June 2008 KITE FESTIVAL PANGANDARAN PAPER KITES Ciamis, West Java, July 17-19, 2008 FESTIVAL Padanggalak Beach, CANDI CETHO FESTIVAL Sanur, Bali July 2008 July ‘08 Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java July 17, 2008 TOGIAN FESTIVAL mon tue wed thu fri sat sun Kab.Tojouna-Una, Central Sulawesi July 23-27, 2008 DARWIN AMBON SAIL RACE 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ambon, Maluku, July 2008 LAKE KERINCI CULTURAL FESTIVAL (2ND WEEK) Jambi July 2008 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SENGGIGI FESTIVAL Senggigi, Lombok,West Nusa Tenggara July 2008 INTERNATIONAL SURFING COMPETITION THE INTERNATIONAL INDONESIA MOTOR SHOW Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara, July 2008 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (IIMS) Jakarta, July 2008 An international competition held at Hu’u Beach, Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara which is considered FIM WORLD SBK CHAMPIONSHIP Sirkuit Sentul, Bogor West Java, July 19-20, 2008 as one of the best surfing areas in the world.