Every Indonesian kid learns that song. My ancestors were sailors.
Which makes it strange, and kind of perfect, that the Indonesian community in Hamburg is taking over an 80-meter ex-fishing ship to throw its loudest night of the year.
On September 5, the MS Stubnitz becomes a Pasar Ikan: an Indonesian fish market, the kind where the noise is the point. Dangdut on the main stage. Frying smell off seven food stalls. Party until 3am. Twelve hours from sunset to last call, a crossing that never leaves the harbor.
This is Jam Karet Festival x Boboho. Jam Karet has been building this for four years. Boboho - the diaspora karaoke collective that tore the roof off last year - is co-hosting this time. Together we’re showing a different side of Indonesia. Not the postcard. The living, sweaty, and singing one.
A port city. A fishing boat. A people who never stopped being sailors.
A fish market - but we're not selling fish.
We're selling the rest of it: people meeting, eating, singing, dancing, and laughing together. A place where you come to buy, sell, hang out, and stay too long because you're having fun.
Why a fish market? There's an old Indonesian line - nenek moyangku seorang pelaut, "my ancestors were sailors." Indonesians have always been people of the sea. Hamburg is a harbour city. So the two fit together. That's why we're doing it on a ship. The MS Stubnitz is a real old fishing boat, docked in Hamburg's harbour. For one night, on the 5th of September, we're turning it into an Indonesian market.
Here's who's playing so far: * Boboho Karaoke (prepare your song) * A music competition (band, soloist, or duos, anyone can join freely) * Sumber Jaya Abadi Teater (PPI) × Nada Vokalensemble - live a cappella * Dari Hati Collective - DJ Collective * Pop-up coffee, tarot readings, and lots of Indonesian food.
And there's more coming.
Early Bird is done. Presale is the last price before €20 at the door.
One night. One ship. One market.
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