Hamburg, 24 October 2014 — SIN Wassenaar’s programme for promoting Indonesian culture and appreciation of international culture (PROBUDI) as well as field study this year was organised in Germany, 23 – 24 October 2014.
1. Study-trip to Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
From Wassenaar the trip headed to the Meyer Werft, a well-known shipyard. This famous builder of passenger and cruise ships is located in Papenburg. It has supplied mega-ships to international cruise liners such as the AIDA Cruisers, Celebrity Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, Star Cruises, P&O Cruises, Royal Cruise Line, and Holland America Line. Besides it built ferries, research vessels, river cruise liners, gas tankers, container ships, and livestock carriers. Indonesia also purchased a lot of ships from the shipyard. In 2008 a passenger ship was delivered to the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Jakarta. It was christened as Gunung Dempo and was the 24th passenger ship built for the country.
At the shipyard, SIN Wassenaar’s delegates were divided into two groups to join the site visit. The journey inside the manufacture set out from the history of the company, the progress and its achievements. In the home theatre we were presented with clips of the company’s path from its foundation in 1795 to the 21st century. At the display section the kids were very enthusiastic to witness the scaled-model of huge ships ever built by the shipyard. At more interesting moment was the ‘company-at-work’ section where the blocks of ship modules being assembled. This section also showed how the production line of a hyper-modern shipbuilding looked like. It was a very valuable juncture of field-learning at Papenburg.
2. PROBUDI at International School of Hamburg
After a night of sound rest in Hamburg, in the morning of 24 October 2014 SIN Wassenaar’s delegation was warmly welcomed at the International School of Hamburg (ISH), led by Ms. Suzan Weishof, the Junior School Principal. Following a brief refreshment and cultural international performance by ISH kids, a formal welcoming speech delivered by Mr. Andreas Swoboda, the Head of School of IHS and a return of gratitude by our Principal, Mr. Budi Wahyu Rianto. Our delegation performance was commenced with a brief presentation (in English and German) on Indonesia, angklung, and Indonesian School followed by a created piece of Indonesian dance, subsequently by the angklung performance by SIN Wassenaar’s kids and closed with the angklung workshop for ISH kids. The workshop was coached by Mr. Rianto, assisted by Mrs. Safreni and Mrs. Rima as well as by our kids.
3. Study-visit to International Maritime Museum
In accordance with President Jokowi’s administration on Indonesia’s Maritime Axis, in the afternoon the delegation had the opportunity to visit the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. The collection holds by this museum exceeds 36,000 items situated in space of 12,000 square meters, layered into 10 storeys. Again, it was a great opportunity of field-learning for all of SIN Wassenaar’s PROBUDI 2014 delegates at this fabulous maritime museum.
