It seems said with joke.

It’s ex-capital city of Indonesia from 1945 to 2019, before the new one comes up: Nusantara in Borneo / Kalimantan island.

After Governor Jokowi (the current Indonesia’s president) with his vice governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama AKA Ahok got in office on 2012, Jakarta began to be ‘something’.

Before it, many things seemed to be out of organized. (Advancement was surely there, but not so spectacular as happened in the new governor era).

The next/existing governor would be ashamed if he didn’t keep up the good work by previous governor Jokowi and then governor Ahok. Even the governor Ahok was the real architect in the ‘unprecedent’ Jakarta’s progress.

In a video, a YouTube reactor wishes to visit Indonesia, especially Jakarta, he says. He likes the background music as well.

FYI, that’s not Indonesian music. It most probably a Korean music. Yes, K-Pop and K-Drama are being “in” here. 😂

If you wanna check out the reaction, please go to TimExploresAsia.

In bahasa Indonesia: “Kapan Nikah?”

Even local strangers could ask a foreigner such a question.

That’s one of a number of cultural shocks for newbie foreigners.

Felipe asks his friend just for a joke~

Here are other privat questions that you might find:

“Where are you going?”

“Have you had your lunch?”

“Have you taken a bath?”

“Are you married?”

“Have you a girlfriend/boyfriend?”

“How many children do you have?”

“What’s your religion?”

“Where do you live?”

“Do you have a plan to add you children?”

“What do you do for a living?”

“What’s you occupation?”

“What time do you go to bed?”

😂😂😂

But don’t worry, it’s just a habit here and those local people might not be a spy at all.

😂😂😂

It’s in Bogor regency, southwards from Jakarta. Visitors enter it along with their cars, for wild animals are also there.

The Legendary song: “New York New York” was among the songs they played. What a right song to play 😍

We usually regards all vegetables are at the same ‘status’. All is okay.

But interestingly Kangkung is favorite among Koreans.

However, the following video is another topic. ~

“My suggestion: what if you extend the duration, bro. We, Indonesians, need entertainment, bro, the internet quota for the average Indonesians is big now, bro, so no worries. 1 hour duration is okay, as long as the content is good, we will watch it, especially horror and comedy content. that’s all my suggestion bro.”

Citayam Fashion Week is a common people’s fashion festival held at Sudirman Street, initially on sunday’s Car Free day, but in the long run, the fashion ‘week’ became in random days. The do fashion the same way as street crossers do. 😂

But if you wanna see them with better situation without traffic disturbance, you can go there on Sundays in Car Free Day.

On may 22, 2022, it’s reactivated after (they say) pandemic prevailed though out Indonesia (and the whole world).

Car Free Day is started from 06.00 AM to 11.00 AM on six spots in Jakarta. Sudirman Street as well as the next door street: Muhammad Husni Thamrin street are the biggest streets and the mascot of car free day.

Car free Day is an occasion for Jakarta’s residents — and whoever they are — for refreshing without traffic. They do sport, jogging, eating, doing instagram stuff etc. including showing their fashion style.

The story started when Citayam folks initiated a street fashion on Sudirman Street, precisely at Dukuh Atas spot, and then TikTok and other socmed give more exposure till becoming viral in Indonesia, even overseas.

Citayam Fashion Week could be another recommendation for tourism. Here we go…. (So sorry, it’s in Indonesian).

QnA:

Why Citayam Fashion Week?

Most probably imitating “Fashion Week” on FTV.

Why Citayam? Why not “Jakarta Fashion Week”?

Because the founder were Citayam folks.

Why some people (probably in humor) tried to call it “Haradukuh”?

To remind the similar street fashion in Japan, i.e. “Harajuku”, by putting the name of the spot: Dukuh (Atas). It might be impossible to name it “Haradukuh”, if the location of the street fashion show was not at Dukuh Atas.

Are Indonesians in habit of imitating?

Probably “super yes”. We imitate a lot of things — as well as create, sometimes. FYI: Nasi Goreng used to be Chinese origin and then it’s modified by putting soya beans sauce in it. So are Bakso, Noodles, Bread etc. Their local versions are always available here. The list of imitating practices would be long.