The potential economic and cultural diversity of Indonesia Indonesian exhibited at the event in Byalistok Days, northeast Poland, and reported to the Embassy of Warsaw as the visitor's attention.
Embassy spokesman in Warsaw Any Muryani Between a press release received here on Wednesday [17.03], said the exhibition of Indonesian culture is successfully confirmed the brotherhood among the Muslims of Indonesia and Poland, especially against Muslims from ethnic Tartars, based in Byalistok. Days Indonesian event is the theme chosen by the Islamic Religious Association in Poland in connection with the Islamic Cultural Day.
Days Indonesian event filled with lectures, photo exhibitions Nusantara, the Indonesian cuisine demonstrations, performances of traditional music and culture.
On that occasion, Ambassador RI Warsaw Hazairin Pohan deliver two presentations, namely on the potential economic and bilateral cooperation in the RI-Polish Business Club Byalistok on Friday (12 / 3), and on cultural diversity at the Islamic Culture Centre on Saturday (13 / 3).
Lectures on cultural diversity ambassador of Indonesia Indonesia is also equipped with an explanation of the situation of Muslims in Indonesia, the beginnings of cultural presentations gamelan music played by the team of the Warsaw Gamelan Group, interspersed with a few sung by Maria Szysmanska (Gambyong and Yapong) and Panji dance Semirang by Martyna Cwiek.
"Though outwardly strong influence of Hindu and Buddhist culture on the traditional music of Indonesia, not much is known that the medium of the orchestra and traditional dance is also used by scholars to propagate Islam, which has become the majority religion of the population since the 15th century," said Ambassador Pohan.
According to him, several gamelan instruments were actually created by the Sunan, and gamelan music can be considered as part of Muslim culture in Indonesia.
In the event of cultural presentations on Saturday night, also attended and delivered the speech was the Mufti of Poland Tomasz Miskiewicz and Mayor Byalistok Truskolaski, in the presence of 100 invitations that Muslims in particular is a descendant of Tartars in Byalistok.
Indonesia also had the opportunity to introduce kulinari culture in the demo to cook fried rice and chicken satay which was performed by the mothers of the Dharma Wanita Union embassy in Warsaw.
In front of about 40 people from the ethnic Muslim Tartars living in Bia'ystok and surrounding areas. Attractions cooking demonstrations take place at the Islamic Culture Centre yasng also covered by local TV from Biaystok.
Open insights
Mufti Tomasz Miskiewicz as chairman of the steering committee at the Indonesian Day Bia'ystok express satisfaction over the implementation of the event so that more open insight into the Muslim community in Poland about the country Indonesia, which not only became the largest Muslim country in the world but also a country rich with potential ekonomiya.
To do so, the Mufti hoped Indonesia would be able to participate in cultural festivals Tartars which will be held in August 2010.
In a meeting with the Mayor and Governor of the Province Byalistok and Chairman of the local parliament, accompanied by Ambassador Mufti Hazairin Pohan Poland Tomasz Miskiewicz also discussed efforts to increase economic cooperation within the framework of the region RI-Polish cooperation, especially in the fields of agriculture and food industry.
In this context, the Polish Ambassador Mufti Pohan states next week will make a visit to Indonesia.
Mufti Poland Tomasz Miskiewic for a week will visit Indonesia, especially for the establishment of cooperation with the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), and has been scheduled for a meeting with the Minister of Religious Suryadharma Ali and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, particularly for the exchange of information on halal certification requirements for food products, as well as deliver lectures at the State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta Ciputat.
Ambassador Pohan expect these visits would further strengthen the brotherhood between Muslims who make up the majority population of Indonesia with a Muslim minority keturuan Tartars in Poland.