Jakarta - It was past midnight and several coffee shops along Jalan Kecamatan Manggar There is nothing special with the building of the coffee shops local people would say a visit to Belitung will not be complete without having a sip of Belitung coffee It is often boiled using charcoal instead of gas stove therefore it tastes better,” said 24-year-old Rizky The coffee powder is wrapped inside fabric filter and then boiled in large pan If a customer prefers to have some coffee grounds The black coffee tastes bitterer and it does not spread out aromatic odor when brewed Most of the coffee seeds sold in this area are taken from Lampung “The culture of drinking coffee was originated by Chinese decent who worked at the tin mine They gathered for coffee before and after working hours,” Rizky explained having coffee at the coffee stalls have become tradition where mine workers in Manggar share stories and talk about jobs to each other This coffee culture of Belitung people was exposed by novelist Andrea Hirata people who do not understand the culture would think Belitung people are lazy people who spend lots of their times in coffee shops the tin land had been conquered by the Dutch colonial and then by Indonesian government itself through PT Timah What’s left for Belitung people is the tin buried 20 meter deep underground “That’s why melayu people like to hang around the coffee stalls No friend means no force,” Andrea said The coffee shops and coffee culture has now become tourist attraction that brings visitors to the tin land Manggar was declared as the “Town of 1001 Coffee Stalls” after breaking the Indonesian World Museum Record (MURI) for mass coffee drinking do not forget to have taste the town’s culture through sips of its coffee 10 Best Cities to Visit in Japan Besides Tokyo to Add to Your Bucket List 10 Recommended Budget-Friendly Tourist Destinations in the United States What Are the Cheapest Businesses to Start from Home? 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Indonesia and Japan Deepen Strategic Alliance in Clean Energy and Infrastructure 2023 – The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) is organizing the Energy Exploration in East Kalimantan Province in collaboration with the Clean Affordable and Secure Energy in Southeast Asia (CASE) program and the East Kalimantan Province Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Service The main objective of this initiative is to assess the readiness of institutions and regional actors to support Indonesia’s energy transition identify the potential and community-based innovations that emerge and study them for replication in other areas The East Kalimantan Energy Exploration series started with a workshop on Tuesday the trip began by visiting the rooftop solar power plant (solar PV) of PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM) They have been using a 100 kWp on-grid rooftop solar PV (connected to the PLN network) since 2014 to fulfill their office’s operational electricity requirements “430 solar panels and five inverters are installed in this rooftop solar PV system energy production from rooftop solar PV can reach 34.4 KWh whereas the building unit’s electricity needs to reach 21 KWh Our rooftop solar PV operates from 6.00-18.00 WITA we have been able to reduce CO2 emissions by 861.1 tons of CO2e since the solar PV was installed,” said Responsible for Safety & Environment on Site Balikpapan Based Office The team recently visited Balikpapan’s Manggar Final Waste Processing Site (TPAS) They learned about the process of decomposing organic waste to produce methane gas which can be used as a source of cooking gas for daily needs it is stacked and compacted in certain areas and left for a while the rotting waste will release liquid and methane gas This methane gas can be used as an alternative energy source “The community around the Balikpapan’s Manggar Final Waste Processing Site can utilize methane gas from this waste and there are 300 houses with a reach of 7 km from the Manggar TPAS that have received this environmentally friendly energy source The distribution of methane gas to residents’ homes relies on several pipes connected to gas flow dividers and separators which reduce the water content in the methane gas,” explained the Head of the Balikpapan’s Manggar Final Waste Processing Site The Energy Exploration in East Kalimantan field visit’s first day concluded with a visit to PT PLN Nusantara Power UP Kaltim Teluk to witness the cofiring program at the facility of Balikpapan coal-fired power plants (CFPP) the Assistant Operations Manager for PT PLN Nusantara Power Generation Unit (Unit Pembangkitan/UP) Kaltim Balikpapan mentioned that the CFPP facility uses a co-firing mixture of 3% wood chips or chopped wood as part of its total fuel requirement the implementation of co-firing with chopped wood is still facing hurdles in sourcing raw materials “To overcome wood chip supply constraints we have made several efforts to address them including proposing to procure a new contract with PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia opening opportunities for testing other types of biomass and encouraging the fulfillment of biomass supply commitments from partners who have collaborated,” explained Dhidhik Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Encouraging the acceleration of Indonesia’s energy transition towards a just Jl. Tebet Timur Raya No. 48B Jakarta Selatan 12820 Indonesia  iesr@iesr.or.id Press Release Contact Us Careers Request for Proposal Internal Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook Indonesia Energy Transition Dialogue Home / Belitong News in English Two of the contestants of the East Belitung's Batik Fashion Show Competition held in Manggar Manggar – In promoting culture of East Belitung and commemorating Batik’s Day and MSMEs (Disnakerkop-UMKM Beltim) held East Belitung’s Batik Fashion Show Competition on Thursday (10/6) at Zahari MZ Auditorium Burhanudin gave his positive response towards this event He believed that this event could conserve the motif of East Belitung’s Batik “On behalf of myself and the institution I am very proud because this event will promote original East Belitung’s batik motifs to all over the world which come from every village here,” Burhanudin said he also urged the people of East Belitung to wearing batik originally from the local He added that this event could generate economic recovery in the era of the pandemic will be happy because their creations are sold and used in this event “We should be proud to wearing the local brand Head of Contest Organizer and also Head of East Belitung’s Department of Labor Gustaf Pilandra said that this event would build pride from each contestant who wore East Belitung’s batik “We want people outside Belitong to know that we also have batik with various motifs here and to encourage MSME craftsmen to increase their productivity,” Gustaf said The East Belitung Batik Fashion Show competition was attended by 105 contestants from the elementary category 68 contestants from the junior-high school category and 68 contestants from representatives from every service in the East Belitung Government They competed to get a total prize of more than IDR 15 million Cari English The Story of ‘Passandeq’ Challenging Stormy Waves TEKS › English›The Story of ‘Passandeq’.. Iklan The Story of ‘Passandeq’ Challenging Stormy Waves The thrilling and ironic story was told by the ‘sandeq’ sailors in the 2022 Sandeq Festival across the Makassar Strait The ‘passandeqs’ were always proud to set sail Audio Berita By SUCIPTO · 4 minutes read TEKS KOMPAS/STEFANUS ATOSandeq Pangoli's boat will rest on the coast of Pambusuang Village Paris had just finished rolling up the sail of the sandeq he was riding on The 67-year-old man said it was his first experience navigating the Makassar Strait on a sailboat He and seven team members navigated traditional Mandar vessels that had no engine and only relied on the wind he and his team sailed the Makassar Strait to Balikpapan The festival was held by the provincial government of West Sulawesi with the theme "Indonesia Supports the IKN Nusantara" he and his team faced heavy winds and heavy rain They wore only raincoats and life jackets for the bad weather The steering wheel needed to be managed by several people at once so that the sail could be controlled > The Evolution of Mandar Seafarers’ Pretty Dancer > The Lives and Deaths of Fishermen in a Brokered Sea witnessed one of the 35 sandeq participating in the festival sinking because the mast of the boat was broken To maintain security and provide food supplies the sandeq boats were accompanied by 35 bodi or fishing boats with a capacity of 14 GT the team on the fishing boat rescued the steerers before the sandeq sank "The title of this festival is: Friends of the Waves The passandeqs had no contact with their families while at sea Hizbullah (19) recounted that when he saw signs of land They were worried about our safety and crying They were afraid of us experiencing something [dangerous] in the middle of the sea,” he said He and seven of his friends have sailed the Makassar Strait for 7 days in the boat which has no engine and only relies on the wind Hezbollah sailed on a sandeq made in the 1960s which was shorter and slightly wider than the new sandeq The ancient sandeq used a kind of woven-bamboo mat on either side of the boat to make it easier to catch fish namely mats and roofs made of knitted coconut leaves a type of caping (traditional hat) made of leather and bamboo leaves "We catch fish using ancient sandeq; we can't catch too many fish but we shouldn't be greedy,” said Abdul Kadir (58) the passandeqs waited for the acting Governor of West Sulawesi Akmal Malik and a number of regents of West Sulawesi The officials arrived first and stayed at a number of Balikpapan hotels they were escorted by a boat to the sea and then boarded the sandeq to pull over to the beach together they were greeted by the Mayor of Balikpapan The officials from West Sulawesi were then carried on a stretcher like the Maromba Passandeq ritual "With the presence of the acting governor of West Sulawesi and regents throughout the province it is hoped that there will be synergy in building East Kalimantan especially for the successful development of the Nusantara capital city," said Rahmad Akmal Malik hopes that the Sandeq Festival with a budget of around Rp 4 billion (US$267,488) will help preserve the cultural wealth of sandeq "We want to be proud of Indonesia internationally -- to still have sandeq ships that only rely on wind and human power to sail," he said We small fishermen actually sleep in the boat and on the roadside Nasrul's waist needs a stretch due to seven days with sandeq "The officials enjoy facilities; they sleep at the hotel The committee did not provide lodging,” said Nasrul He took a nap at a musholla (prayer room) on Manggar beach passandeq sailed to several spots in Balikpapan to entertain residents Hezbollah said goodbye and returned to West Sulawesi onboard the sandeq He also said that he would continue his work as a fisherman in his village "We small fishermen actually sleep in the boat and on the roadside This article was translated by Kurniawan Siswo View important Copyright © information related to freeware files here The archive j1n1s_01.zip has 31 files and directories contained within it This list displays the first 500 files in the package Signing-up for PRO gives you super fast, unrestricted speed to the thousands of MSFS, FSX, P3D & X-Plane downloads which include aircraft, scenery, and more - click here to view the library for free or.. 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