PDIP Celebrates Bung Karno Month June 30, This Is The Ragkaian Event

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PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) will celebrate Bung Karno Month which will be held in the South East Parking Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Jakarta, on Sunday, June 30 this weekend. Bung Karno month is celebrated every year by PDIP to commemorate the birthday and death of President Soekarno.

PDIP Youth and Sports DPP chairman Eriko Sotarduga said activities would start from morning to evening with various events, ranging from coffee, music, and running together.

The first event began with presenting a coffee festival that presents coffee from various provinces in Indonesia.

"So, we will see at Gelora Bung Karno there are many activities that will be carried out in the morning. And later we will also enjoy coffee and love the country," Eriko said at a press conference at the PDIP DPP Office, Jalan Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, June 25.

Eriko said the Bung Karno Month event was open to the general public, especially the younger generation who wanted to come and enliven the celebration at GBK this weekend.

"Later, there will also be collaboration after Soekarno Run and also during Soekarno Run's journey, there will be a music festival that will present reliable musicians and also those liked by the younger generation," said Eriko.

Continuing, Chairman of the 2024 BBK Committee Ilham said the committee made an event concept with three segments. Namely the creative economy segment through the Indonesian Love Coffee Festival, sports, and culture represented by local musical talents.

"For the event, I will explain later, this is specific about the Fun Run. The Fun Run theme is Soekarno Run, why is it because it is the Bung Karno Month celebration," said Ilham.

For Fun Run, continued Ilham, it will start at 16.00 in the South East Parking GBK by surrounding the GBK Complex area, returning home in the east parking lot.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the DPP for the Honorary Division of the Indonesian Young Bull (BMI) Narendra Kiemas said his party invited 30 coffee and food and beverage communities. The coffee festival will start at 09.30 WIB.

"So there are three competitions for manual crew andCENTral arts categories. Then maybe at 1 p.m. 2 (in the afternoon) there will be a coffee talk and workshop. Then we will make the name a coffee diorama from upstream to downstream," explained Narendra.

Secretary General of the Red and White Youth (TMP) Rio Dondokambey added that his party was responsible for the implementation of the Music Festival.

"We from the committee, we have contacted, we have been in touch with several artists who may be idols from the younger generation. We will invite RAN, one of them, we will also invite the Salatiga KPK, to come to our place and several other artists, of course, when mentioned now, there will be no surprises," explained Rio.