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Yogyakarta hosts Chinese cultural week
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Slated to run until Feb. 11, the festival is taking place in Ketandan hamlet, also known as Yogyakarta’s Chinatown. (Shutterstock/File)
The 12th edition of Pekan Budaya Tionghoa Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta’s Chinese Cultural Week) kicked off on Sunday.
Slated to run until Feb. 11, the festival is taking place in Ketandan hamlet, also known as Yogyakarta’s Chinatown.
Similar to previous years, the event is showcasing the way Chinese culture has blended with other cultures from across the archipelago. In addition to featuring up to 134 culinary booths, it also presents traditional ethnic-Chinese house, a ladies dragon carnival and fireworks shows.
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The dragon in the carnival has reportedly received an award from the Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI). “[It is] the longest dragon in Asia,” said the festival’s director Tri Kirana Muslidatun as quoted by kompas.com.
The festival’s second director Jimmy Sutanto said the event deserved to become a national cultural festival. “It aims to make Yogyakarta the city of tolerance,” he added. (jes/kes)
