On 3rd to 5th December, 2021, the #IniJakarta Festival was held at Taman Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta. This festival is the result of collaboration between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and +Jakarta volunteers, 21 communities, and dozens of other collaborators. Aiming to spread and promote Jakarta's identity as a city of collaboration, this festival provides an opportunity for citizens to build the city and for the community to showcase their best works. There are a variety of events over the three days of celebration. Let’s read more to find out.

[Getting to Know +Jakarta]

IniJakarta and the City Identity

Before taking a look at the series of #IniJakarta activities, it is better for Smartcitizens to know the identity of the city of Jakarta and its connection with the #IniJakarta Festival. As a city of collaboration, Jakarta emphasizes that the development of the capital city is not only the responsibility of the government. There needs to be collaboration between the government and citizens, business actors, NGOs, and others so that Jakarta can become a developed city with a happy society.

Well, the #IniJakarta Festival itself is an embodiment as well as a place to introduce this identity. Considering that the #IniJakarta Festival is the result of collaboration between various levels of society and participates in embracing the community in its implementation, such as conducting talk shows, exhibitions, etc. With this festival, it is increasingly clear that in the future the collaboration space for all citizens to build a city is wide open.

3 Days of Jakarta Community Gathering

If you look at the exciting lineups at the #IniJakarta Festival series, you might notice that there are a lot of communities and collaborators involved. These communities and collaborators are certainly those who have a fighting spirit in advancing the city. On the first day, the series of activities that were held includes a talk show with Divers Clean Action entitled KolaborAksi: Jakarta Aware of Waste, a sharing session with Gizipedia entitled Balanced Nutrition in Urban Society, Community Channel: Kargo Baca - Book Treasure, Educational Fairy Tales – Bale Buku Jakarta, JDCNEO community performance, Betawi Acoustic and Dance performance from Sanggar Binaan Disbud DKI, Collaborators Meet Up +Jakarta, and Bank DKI performance. 

Meanwhile, on the second day there were a sharing session with Potopoto Kota Community, writing class with Jejak Warna Community, Bale Buku Jakarta performance, “Kargo Baca - Harta Karun Buku” community introduction, Ukuiki community performance, Dongeng Edukasi - Bale Buku Jakarta, Gizipedia sharing session, word guessing games from Marine Buddies Jakarta, “Potopoto Kota” sharing session, “Ayo ke Taman” hunting and photography competition, Peri Kertas community workshop, to music performance. 

Similar activities were also held on the last day which marked the culmination of the #IniJakarta festival. Starting with “Ayo ke Taman” photo hunting in the morning, then Potopoto Kota community sharing session, Divers Clean Action “Ekowisata di Ujung Jakarta” talk show, mural from Bale Buku Jakarta, writing class - Jejak Warna, Kargo Baca - Harta Karun Buku, Gizipedia sharing session, Potopoto Kota community sharing session, Elemwe Fashion Show, Tebak Kata games from Marine Buddies Jakarta, story telling by Bale Buku Jakarta, NonaRia performance, Kumpul Baca community sharing session, and “Piknik” community gathering from Teman Piknikmu. 

There were various activities, right? Of all those activities, there were four big agendas that the #IniJakarta festival wanted to introduce. Those are:

1. Sudut Pandang Jakarta (Jakarta Point of View)