Sunday, April 5, 2009

About PERMAI-BC

PERMAI-BC stands for Persatuan Masyarakat Indonesia di British Columbia, Canada (Indonesian Community Association of British Columbia, Canada), is a non-profit and non-political organization with missions to foster closer cooperation among Indonesians in BC, and to introduce Indonesian arts and culture to Canadians in general.

PERMAI-BC was originally formed in 1995 by several members of the local Indonesian, Dutch-Indonesian, and Canadian who had lived in Indonesia, to fill the need of Indonesians in BC to congregate without any political, ethnic or religious boundaries, and to reconnect with the Indonesian culture and heritage. Currently almost 7,000 Indonesians lived in BC, about half lived in Vancouver and throughout the Lower Mainland.

Today, PERMAI-BC has organized and participated in varieties of internal community programs, local activities, as well as city wide events, to include:

  • Summer Picnics
  • Asian Culture and Food Festival
  • Indonesian Food Fair
  • “Spotlight of Indonesia”, highlighting cultural performances from different parts of Indonesia
  • Job Searching Seminar
  • Bahasa Indonesia class for children
  • Javanese and Balinese dance classes
  • Holiday Bazaar
  • Participation in “Explore Asian” event, promoting Indonesian paintings, art and traditional batik
  • Circulation of PERMAI-BC’s Newsletter, highlighting community events, news, stories, with information and advertisement of Indonesian-owned businesses

If you have any comment or question please send email to us: permai_bc@yahoo.ca

1 comment:

  1. Hello, apa kabar.
    Saya ingin lihat di blog ini wajah teman2 pengurus Permai. Kalau sudah kenal dari muka kan jadi gampang menghubunginya. Jadi IDE saya, gimana kalau anda diambil foto setengah badan dengan posisi manis dan senyum lebar, lalu dipajang deh. Cuma usul lho .... Diterima sykur kalau ngga juga ngga apa2 (Cuma awas aja kalau lewat depan rumah saya ...)

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