JABAR EKSPRES – KRI Bima Suci won a total of 12 trophies in a series of competitions “The Tall Ships Races 2023” held from June 29 to August 6, 2023 in the cities of Arendal, Fredrikstad, Del Helder, Hartlepool, and Lerwick.
According to a press release from the Indonesian Embassy in Oslo received by ANTARA in Jakarta on Sunday, KRI Bima Suci, nicknamed “The Floating Ambassador”, successfully brought four trophies while participating in “The Tall Ship Races 2023” in the city of Arendal, Norway, on August 3-6, 2023.
In the competition in Arendal, KRI Bima Suci won the categories of “The Most Spectacular Arrival”, “The Best Crew Parade”, “The First Winner Sports Activities for Tall Ship Crew”, and “The Fourth Place on Tall Ship Race”.
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It was mentioned that while KRI Bima Suci was docked in Arendal, the ship received the attention and conversation of visitors, both local visitors, foreigners, ship crews from other sailing ships and Indonesian citizens living in Norway.
This can be seen from the enthusiasm and density of thousands of visitors who are curious to see the ship carrying around 200 crew members, including Naval Academy cadets, who are visiting the maritime city of Arendal.
KRI Bima Suci conducted an open ship and the crew performed various arts from regions in Indonesia such as Reog Ponorogo, plate dance and badinding dance (West Sumatra), gauk dance (Bali), rampak gendang (West Java), Rama and Shinta (Java), and a number of performances accompanied by the Bima Suci band.
In addition, the Naval Academy cadets also invited visitors both on the deck of the ship and those on the dock to participate in mass dances such as poco-poco and maumere dances.
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A Norwegian named Annette appreciated the hospitality and courage of the KRI Bima Suci crew to sail the ocean and arrive in Norway.