INDONESIAN CUISINE WOW VISITORS AT NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL

The Indonesian Embassy in Nairobi in collaboration with Indomie on June 6th participated in the 2024 Nairobi International Cultural Festival, which was held at the Nairobi National Museum, Kenya.

The festival showcased various cultural arts, tourism, culinary delights and products from 23 participating countries. The Indonesian booth attracted a lot of attention from visitors waiting to taste Indonesian culinary delights such as fried rice, rendang rice, chicken satay, meatball noodles, tempe chips and cendol ice.

Indonesian and Kenyan students wearing regional clothing also participated in promoting Indonesia at the event.

The performance of the Pencak Silat Padepokan in Kenya invited admiration from the audience. Pencak Silat is as an Indonesian cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible World Heritage of Humanity, and its existence is now worldwide, including in Kenya and various other African countries.

The Indonesian Embassy in Nairobi displayed various collections of woven and batik cloth, wooden masks, and knick-knacks of cultural art from various regions in Indonesia. The Embassy promoted unique tourist destinations in Indonesia, investment potential, and activities such as Indonex (Indonesia-Nairobi Expo) which will be held in September 2024 at Sarit Mall Nairobi, and Trade Expo Indonesia 2024 at ICE BSD. 

Ambassador Hery Saripudin stated that the participation of the Indonesian Embassy in Nairobi at the event was important and had succeeded in introducing Indonesia broadly and integrated, in arts and culture, tourism, Indonesian products and investment. “The diversity of world arts and culture that live side by side in harmony needs to be preserved, such as Indonesia’s motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika or Unity in Diversity,” said the ambassador.

The embassy hopes that the event will attract Kenyans and other foreigners to visit Indonesia as tourist attractions and buy products and invest in Indonesia. He also invited the global community to visit Indonesia to see and enjoy first hand its rich arts and culture and natural beauty.