New York, 2 September 2009. (ANTARA News) - President of the United States, Barack Obama, on Tuesday evening local time iftar event held with the ambassadors of Muslim populated country in the White House, Washington, DC.On that occasion, Obama praised batik clothes worn by the Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States, Sudjadnan Parnohadingrat.
As told AFP when contacted Sudjanan from New York on Tuesday night at the White House event was attended by approximately 90 invited guests comprising ambassadors countries with Muslim majority population and the figures of the U.S. Muslim community.
"Go fast together" was also attended by U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder.
After adzan sunset, the sunset with a drink invitation and dates.
The guests then do Muslims pray Sunset and after that joined with other invited guests entered the room where they were entertained to dinner.
For dinner, guests were treated to grilled chicken menu and `` mashed potatoes, puddings and drinks fruit mixture.
President Obama then perform a brief speech, which essentially reward he menyampaian Muslims in the U.S. who thought a lot of community contribution.
Obama also reminded that the various religions in essence the same with the truth.
He described it as a river or lake - all of which is equally a place that consists of water.
According Sudjadnan, joint iftar event held in a simple but full of meaning.
"It's going to a simple but comfortable atmosphere with the speech delivered by President Obama," said Ambassador of Indonesia.
In the event, Obama also had the opportunity to visit the tables to greet his guests, including Ambassador Sudjadnan.
"As usual, he answered with Indonesian greetings. He said` I am well `. He also said hello again to the President (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, ed)," said Sudjadnan.
Batik clothing worn by the Ambassador Sudjadnan did not escape the attention of Obama.
"He told me good clothes and I wear batik good," said Sudjadnan, which at night wearing a traditional batik and black cap.
In the invitation, recommended clothing to the guests to attend the iftar together at the White House is business attire or national dress.
"I purposely wore batik for more and more people know that batik is actually derived from and is characteristic of Indonesia," said Sudjadnan.
Embassy Washington, DC alone with younger families Obama - Maya Soetoro Ng - has recently been completed showing Indonesian batik heritage collections President Obama's mother and Maya Soetora, the late Ann Dunham, in six major cities in the U.S., namely in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC. (*)
(antaranews.com)
Important Note
It was clear at the top, that batik is from Indonesia since the first.
In the Translate from Gudang Informasi by TomieDLuffy
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