On 17th February 2012, the Indonesian Student Association will organize the annual Indonesian Dinner 2012. This year the theme will be “The heritage and culture of Indonesian food and dance”
On this event, you can enjoy a complete dinner-set of tasteful Indonesian food while enjoying the beauty of Indonesian art, in form of dancing and singing
Location :Treslinghuis Groningen, Klaprooslaan 120
Time : 18.00 – 20.00
Entrance fee : €10
Come and join us there to enjoy the …

Friday, 23 September 2011, the warm indonesian atmosphere was covering the city of groningen, Netherlands. All of the Indonesian people there came and gather together to attend the so called ‘Halal bihalal’ event. Halal bi halal is social gatherings and is part of Eid ul Fitr (suikerfeest) celebration. Do you know why it’s called Halal bi Halal? Well, the word ‘halal’ is Arabic which literally means ‘acceptable’. Halal bi halal itself means ‘to accept/to forgive each other’ or we called it ’saling menghalalkan’. Interestingly, even though the word is Arabic, …

The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi began in late October 2010 when Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta and Central Java (Indonesia) began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November. Seismic activity around the volcano increased from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated outbursts lava and ashes. Large eruption columns formed, causing numerous pyroclastic flows down the heavily populated slopes of the volcano. Merapi’s eruption was said by authorities to be the largest since the 1870s.
Over 350,000 people were evacuated from the affected area. However, many remained behind or returned …

JAKARTA – Het dodental door de uitbarstingen van de Indonesische vulkaan Merapi is gestegen tot 304. Bedolven onder het as zijn enkele lichamen gevonden. Anderen bezweken in ziekenhuizen aan hun aandoeningen.
Dat heeft de Indonesische rampenbestrijding zondag laten weten.
Ongeveer 400.000 mensen moesten door de vulkaanuitbarsting hun huizen verlaten. De helft van hen is sindsdien teruggekeerd. De internationale luchthaven van Yogyakarta moest vanwege de as bijna twee weken gesloten blijven.
De erupties van de bijna 3000 meter hoge Merapi, een van de actiefste vulkanen ter wereld, begonnen op 26 oktober. Het waren de …

Just to help even though this contribution might not mean a lot. After a few times visiting the refugee spot in Jogja, I felt that there are primary needs of the refugee that has not been fulfilled and has not been served well. Maybe other fellows already published this on Facebook, I just want to repeat in order to make sure that the needs at the refugee spot can be helped through our hands.
First thing that always bother my mind is the facility of MCK –Mandi, Cuci, Kakus-(to shower, to …

G una menyambut HUT ke-65 kemerdekaan Indonesia, sekitar 80 mahasiswa Indonesia di Kota Groningen dan para diplomat dari Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) di Kerajaan Belanda menghadiri diskusi mengenai nasionalisme dan kemerdekaan, Selasa (17/8) waktu setempat.
Duta Besar RI untuk Kerajaan Belanda Junus Effendi Habibie dalam sambutannya menggarisbawahi pentingnya nasionalisme dan peran kaum terpelajar untuk membangun Indonesia.
“Hendaknya para mahasiswa di …