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      Red paper lanterns at the gate and along the pathway of a university campus in the eastern part of this capital city lead the way for visitors who wish to attend the first Chinese Culture Festival held here.
 
      Initiated by the city's Chinese community and Indonesian Christian University (UKI), the festival was the first to be held in the city.
 
      The two-day event that kicked off Tuesday would showcase various Chinese traditional customs and culture that include tea ceremony, Chinese calligraphy, the Jiao Zi (dumpling) making, dragon dance, and Chinese martial arts.
 
      The festival would also feature a seminar on Chinese culture, Chinese traditional herbal and healing sessions and various competitions.
 
      University students and outsiders flocked to the campus during the opening of the festival, all anxious to watch and enjoy the activities lined up by organizers.
 
      Liliana, a female student at UKI's Mandarin language education department, said that the festival would expand her knowledge of the Chinese language and culture.
 
      "This event shows our oneness in diversity. It would strengthen our togetherness in the community. Besides that, Mandarin language is now among the official foreign language studies in our higher education academic curriculum," the 21-year- old student told Xinhua on the sidelines of the opening ceremonies.
 
      The use of Mandarin in the business has even become wider after the implementation of China Asean Free Trade Agreement in early 2010, Liliana said.
 
      "More and more students are now interested in learning Mandarin. Besides that, if you learn Mandarin it would be easier for you to understand Chinese movies," Liliana said.
Another student said that learning Mandarin would be an assurance in getting a job.

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