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The Marvelous Pagoda Made of Chinese New Year Cakes
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — To celebrate the coming Chinese New Year, each mall in Jakarta is having its own festivities to attract visitors. Ciputa mall has put up a pagoda replica made of 1,888 Chinese new year cakes. These sticky cakes are also known as sweet nian gao on the mainland.
The pagoda is 5.3 m high, its base is 3.5 x 3.5 m. It's constructed of wood and decorated with unique Chinese ornaments mostly in red.
The pagoda will be displayed for 25 days, from January 27 to February 21, 2010, at the mall's atrium. It took six persons to finish this 600 kg pagoda that costs Rp. 27 million.
On the last day of the pagoda's display, on February 21, the plan is to give away all the cakes to the mall goers then. The replica has received an award from the Indonesian Museum of Records (Muri) for being unique.
"This is Indonesia's first pagoda replica made of Chinese new year cakes," stated Jaya Suprana, the director of Muri, when granting the award, Wednesday, at Ciputra mall's atrium. (HIN/C17-09)
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source: kompas.com
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