In this activity, the Indonesian Embassy in Madrid involving the Indonesian diaspora communities to fill stores selling handicraft products and display the culture of Indonesia in efforts to promote cultural and economic Indonesia. According to the Indonesian Embassy in Madrid, Wednesday, December 28, 2016.
Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, Yuli Widarso, looked at the role of the Embassy of Indonesia and the community at Feria into an opportunity to promote economic and cultural Indonesian products to the people of Spain.
Indonesia introduced, among others, batik, traditional clothing, crafts, art sculptures, and souvenir style of Indonesian culture, arts such as dance performances also rampak drum, dance Hornbill, as well as the Saman dance from Indonesia students, and a group of international and Indonesian gamelan.
The exhibition opened Mayor Madrid Manuela Carmena, who in his speech expressed his appreciation and thanks for your participation and interest of foreign representatives in Madrid international success events. He hopes this event will strengthen people-to-people between Spain and other countries.
Carmena said Christmas tradition held all cultures and have a sense of solidarity and empathy as a human being to commit themselves to the values of humanity, unity, progress, and the fight for equality in public life.
Feria Madrid city government organized for the second time. The event was attended by 75 countries and international institutions in Spain to welcome Christmas and New Year 2017. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of local residents present, tourists who come to Madrid.
Feria International has a variety of activities which totaled 250 cultural arts programs, including exhibitions, arts and traditional dances from all over the world, workshops, fairy tales, movies, books, food, music, and other exciting attractions.
Feria lasted for nine days, featuring 75 booths with Christmas and New Year traditions of various countries, such as Japan, Russia, Georgia, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, India, and the countries of Latin America and Africa. It is also hoped participants will learn how to celebrate Christmas theme and mendokarasi like other world communities.
In addition, Indonesia take advantage of this activity is to expand the network of friends of Indonesia in Spain in order to encourage local people make a visit to Indonesia.
Participation in the Feria is expected to be the name of Indonesia in Spain and can help increase the curiosity of Spanish society on the diversity of the potential economic, cultural, and tourism in Indonesia. It is expected that tourists visiting Spain to Indonesia will increase.
