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In the period from 9 to 11 June 2012, an Indonesian cultural-artistic delegation was visiting Belgrade led by one of the most famous people in the field of preserving Indonesian cultural heritage, Fadli Zon, who is also a well-known collector and owner of a museum with the largest private collection of Indonesian historical objects some of which date back to 1930s. He is also the owner of a “Fadli Zon” private library containing more than 45,000 old and rare books.

Delegation included a prominent writer Taufik Ismail and his wife Esiyati Ismail, who is a chief editor of “Horison” magazine. So far, Ismail has published 19 books which were translated into several languages. As a poet, he has been reading his poetry at numerous literary festivals and forums in the cities of Asia, Europe, America, Australia and Africa ever since 1970.

During their stay in Belgrade, on June 11, 2012, delegation members visited the Archives of Yugoslavia where they were welcomed by Miladin Milosevic, director of the Archives and dr Aleksandar Rakovic, chairman of the Association of the Serbian-Indonesian friendship “Nusantara”. The director of the Archive introduced the delegation with the Archives’ activities and a plan to open a Centre for Studying the Non-allied by the end of the year.

They also had the opportunity to visit the Association of Writers of Serbia in Belgrade, where they signed a protocol on cooperation, and where the famous writer Taufik Ismail was declared an honorary member of the Association. He is the first writer from Indonesia who was declared an honorary member of the Association.

The same day, The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia organized a convenient cultural program – an exhibition of artistic photographs by Muhammad Asrian Mirza, an exhibition of ancient swords and theater puppets from Indonesian mythology. In the literary part of the evening, Taufik Ismail and Nenad Grujicic read their poetry, while the poet Mirjana Bulatovic read the translations of the poems and an excerpt from the book “In the heart of Sumatra,” by Viktor Lazic, a travel writer.

Especially for this occasion, under the guidance of Musri Dahrizala (Katika Mak), a traditional Indonesian dance from Sumatra, “Tari piring” or plate dance was performed.

On behalf of “Nusantara” Association, the chairman Aleksandar Rakovic donated the books of our Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andric “Bridge on the Drina” and “The Damned Yard” in English to the guests from Indonesia. This cultural event was attended by a number of guests, including a great number of “Nusantara” members.

Socializing continued with tasting of traditional Indonesian specialties.