When I learned this morning that Bandung Alliance Christian School was having its Indonesian Culture Day today, I thought it might be fun to attend. BAIS is where my friend Marcia's son goes and where my other friend Helen (yes, I have 2 friends!) has been coaching basketball. I've been wanting to see the campus anyway so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to visit. Unfortunately I arrived late and missed getting to see the little ones dance. But I did get to sample some of the local dishes and snap a few photos. Below are some of the more colorful shots of the day.
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| common ingredients found in Indonesian cuisine |
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| young dancers in colorful costume |
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| performing traditional Sundanese dance |
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| accompanied by bamboo instruments |
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| es campur (cham-poor) | |
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A young woman (above) assembled my dessert - a very traditional Indonesian dish that I had read about and wanted to try. It still seems like such a strange combination of ingredients. There are a lot of recipes for this on the web and it can contain some even more unlikely ingredients than these. Ingredients pictured here are fermented tapioca (at first I thought they were pomegranate seeds), then fresh young (slimy) coconut, chopped mango, dried bread (diced, dry, unflavored), avocado, and shaved ice. This is drizzled with canned milk and a sugary flavored syrup. While it wasn't bad at all, I'm still not sure I understand its popularity here.
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| unusual combination of ingredients? |
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| celebratory bamboo decorations blowing in the wind |
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| cute friends posing in becak (Indonesian pedicab) |
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more elaborate bamboo decorations
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| kids were learning the batik process |
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| wayang gembol puppets |
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| traditional wooden puppets |
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