When Indonesian Chefs Introduce Rawon Through Songs At The ASEAN Festival
JAKARTA - A chef who is also a songwriter from Indonesia, Jawel Husin, introduced a typical East Java culinary song entitled "Rawon" at the ASEAN Festival which took place from November 30 to December 3, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Chef Jawel in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, said "Rawon" is one of the songs from his second album entitled Explorasa Nusantara, displayed combining electronic dance music (EDM) with ethnic instruments typical of East Java.
According to him, the unique song is the result of collaboration with composers from Papua, Yogyakarta and Surabaya. "Rawon" has been performed at an event in Surabaya, East Java.
"Hopefully the song 'Rawon' can be a unique attraction and at the same time be a way to introduce the unique culinary delights of East Java until it is recognized as one of the best soups in the world," Jawel hoped as quoted by Antara, Monday.
The ASEAN Festival, which is held in a shopping center in the center of Kuala Lumpur City, is an event to promote art, culture, culinary, creative economy, to the tourism of countries in the Southeast Asia region and is targeted to be able to attract 20,000 visitors.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) Kuala Lumpur took part in the activity by opening booths to promote Indonesian arts, culture, education, and tourism to the people of ASEAN, especially those in Malaysia.
The Indonesian Embassy also invited a number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) players to take part in the festival, promoting products that are ready to go international.
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At the first ASEAN Festival, the Indonesian Embassy introduced MSMEs from Depok City, West Java, and from Riau Province which brought a number of their mainstay products from pletok beer, Depok batik, cheese branches, squid sambal, to wood crafts.
The Coordinator of the Social and Cultural Information Function of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Yoshi Iskandar, said that this moment should also be used in order to improve the kinship of ASEAN countries.