Gotong royong is an old Indonesian value that has three key principles which are: voluntary action, shared responsibility and common good. However, what did the 2026 Nongkrong Festival’s programming director have when he planned for an event which is called Gotong Royong?
The event Gotong Royong, will be held in Sydney on the 30th of August and has ‘poridge’ as their main dish. As the convenor of the event, Martin Fatmaja Hoggart said to SBS Indonesian Program that almost in any culture they have porridge. Therefore, Nongkrong Festival has invited someone from Philippine and Chinese communities to present their porridge.
But why porridge? Martin said that apart from the communality of the dish and its healing characteristic, in this context porridge is serve as communicating means of culture.
Dalam hal ini bubur dimaksudkan sebagai alat komunikasi budaya masing-masing. Martin also explained what we can expect to see or experience on the day. And all proceeds from the event will be donated to victims of natural disasters in Indonesia, such as the earthquake in NTT and others.
