Lecker offers original indonesian coffee

For those who love coffee, the next coffee and Resto is truly worth trying. Offering various dishes and special coffee beverages, you can have a taste on twenty five kinds of coffee, all of which are of Indonesian Origin.

Starting from her cooking hobby and love for coffee beverages, Sulcha (read: Sulka) Prihasti, tries to open a Coffee and Resto business in hos Cokroaminoto street, Yogyakarta. Having retired from the job that she has occupied for almost twenty nine years, Sulcha now tries to open a culinary business. Supported by her husband and child, Sulcha becomes more assured in occupying her new business. By promoting special coffee beverage menu, Sulcha procures all ingredients directly from their original regions. Twenty-five kinds of coffee concoctions from Aceh to Wamena are served for the customers. Aside from coffee beverages, Sulcha also serves food starting from Indonesia, China, and the western countries as companies of coffee.

One more thing that is offered by the Resto with healthy concept, is a guarantee that all food that is served does not contain Monosodium Glutamate. Therefore, for you who prefers healthy food, you are welcome to visit, and have a taste of the offered menus.

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Police and Army Women Replant Merapi

Hundreds of woman police officers, or Polwan, and woman army members from all over Yogyakarta took part in replanting action, in Merapi mountain base, in tuesday morning, at Srunen, Glagaharjo, Sleman. The replanting of tree seeds was carried out, within the framework of commemorating Kartini day in the coming April twenty first.

Kasi Adovi of the directorate of air force academy education, Major Wara Ika Harwati, explained that Kartini day is a moment of the rise of women. Therefore, on the occasion of Kartini day, Polwan and army women from Yogyakarta want to share with people in Merapi slope, through the replant action.

Ika added that there are around seven hundred fifty plant seeds, among them are Mango, Hardwood. and Durian, that are planted in a six hectare-area in Srunen hamlet. Ika hoped that the plants will grow and flourish in Srunen area, as well as become beneficial both economically and geographically for the residents in the vicinity.

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Woman Pedicab Driver

For the sake of funding for her husband’s medication, as well as education for her four children, a mother chooses to be a Pedicab driver. A job that is generally occupied by men.

Samini, a resident of Seren Tengah village Rt Tiga Rw Lima, Gebang subdistrict, Purworejo regency, central java, pedals her Pedicab every day, in order to earn rupiahs to provide for her family. She has become a Pedicab driver for almost a year. It is because her husband is ill and needing money for medication, while her four children also need money for School.

Every day, Samini must wake up at five in the morning to get passengers. Riding on her Motor pedicab, Samini usually station herself before Purworejo great mosque. She goes back home at five in the afternoon, after she earns some money.

Samini admitted that she does it all to provide for her family, especially her children, who still want to go to School. That is why, she is determined to get them all to school, even to university.

Samini is a proof that women can also become a family’s backbone. Although, oftentimes, it happens due to life circumstances.

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Present-Day Kartini Figure

Physical condition does not limit some one to keep on creating and achieving. This is proved by Nuning Suryati Ningsih. The forty-three year old household mother with one child is able to promote the image of women in Indonesia. Her different physical condition does not make her weak-hearted, even, this Woman has been chosen as a member of regional general election commission of Sleman regency for two periods. Moreover, she is also trusted to be the head manager of foundation for disabled people in Yogyakarta.

This is the figure of the Woman one should take example of in present-day era. Her name is Nuning Suryati Ningsih. Her incessant spirit to keep on working has made her to be trusted as manager in various institutions. Among them is regional general election commission, or Kpud, of Sleman. She has been elected to be a member of the commission for two periods, since two thousand and three.

After the regional general election in Sleman some time ago, Nuning’s duties are more lenient nowadays. Every day, she receives guests, because Sleman Kpud often becomes a place for comparative study of Kpud members, form both within and outside of java Island.

Outside of her official duties, Nuning, who is an Alumni of Indonesian University faculty of law from nineteen eighty five class, still perform her role as the wife of Sumarto, and the mother of alfian Nur Rahmat Saputro, her only child.

Nuning is considered as a figure of a successful woman by the disabled people in Yogyakarta. It is no wonder if Nuning is also trusted to become the chairperson of Ciqal foundation, a foundation that is active in care for disabled people in Yogyakarta. Presently, its member has reached thousands of people.

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Traditional Clothes Rental is Overwhelmed by Orders in Kartini Day

Commemoration of Kartini day has brought about large profit to traditional clothes rental businesses. According to an owner of traditional clothes rental business, the condition is most pronounced since the last three days. Closing on to the peak of Kartini day commemoration, the number of customers keeps on adding up.


One of the rental businesses that is overwhelmed by orders is Salon Holy, which is located in Candi Gebang Area, Condong Catur village, Depok subdistrict, Sleman regency. The business that also provides bridal makeup service, has been crowded by orders during the last three days. Even, the rate of orders has reached more than two hundred percent.

According to Emi, the owner of traditional clothes rental, most orders are jJvanese and Balinese traditional clothes for children, and orders for more clothes will keep on coming in even larger numbers as they close in to Kartini day, This particular clothes rental has various collections, and thus, many customers.

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Youth Gamelan Harmony

Not many youths can play Gamelan instrument, even some of them feel that the instrument is not for their age. Such understanding, is what that is going to be changed by a group of students from Yogyakarta AtmaJaya Unversity, in Gamelan harmony performance which was performed in Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, in monday evening.

Gamelan harmony performance which was held in monday evening, in societet building, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, is the creation of “Teater Lilin” (candle theater) group of Yogyakarta AtmaJaya University (uajy), in commemorating their twenty-first anniversary. Under the direction of the compose, Sukono, the young men showed the harmony of each Gamelan instrument, in a beautiful performance themed “Gamelan Tanpa Batas”, or Gamelan without borders. This is intended as a form of their enthusiasm to the typical Javanese traditional instruments, that is looked down upon by some youths of their age.

Teater Lilin is a student activity unit of Uajy in the fiedl of performance art, Dance, and Music. Particularly for Karawitan, the group is actively doing activities in the Campus, at least twice in a week. More interestingly, most of this group is comprised of students from outside Yogyakarta, who want to preserve Gamelan instrument as native culture of Indonesia.

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Indonesian Kris Parade

Beginning the first congress of the national secretariat of Indonesian Kris, or Snki, in Solo, hundreds of the congress participants from various regions in Indonesia, participated in cultural and heritage parade, which was held in tuesday afternoon. Snki congress itself is held in Solo, from the nineteenth to the twenty-second of April two thousand eleven.

Hundreds of participants of the Snki congress, which is held in Solo from the nineteenth to the twenty-second of April two thousand eleven, participated in a cultural and heritage parade, in tuesday afternoon. The parties from various regions in Indonesia started the parade from the front of the official house of Solo Mayor, in Loji Gandrung, Slamet street, and ended in the congress location in Kusuma Sahid Hotel. All participants were wearing traditional attire from their respective regions, completed with heirloom Kris. For the municipal government, the events of Snki congress and Indonesian heritage parade are joint activity within the framework of preserving culture, especially Keris heritage, that has become part of the culture of Indonesian nation.

The parade participants were headed by a party from Ponorogo, east java. They presented Reog Ponorogo art attraction, and four Dadak Merak (Peacock). The next parties were from Solo palace, Pura Mangkunegaran, Cirebon palace, Yogyakarta, and lastly, Bali. The congress itself will be held to the coming April twenty-second, with Agenda, Among others, are parade, Kris crafting demonstration, exhibition of Kris from the sixth century make, to today.

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