Maya Soetoro, sister of U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting Yogyakarta Yogyakarta to study community resilience in the face of disaster.
During his visit, Maya dreamed admitted to using the Java language.
He also looked fluent in the Indonesian language to communicate. Maya is also a Professor of Education at the University of Hawaii also gave a public lecture at GMU using Indonesian.
"I understand Indonesian, but not well," he said.
She admitted she had lived in Yogyakarta along with her brother, Barack Obama, when he was about 6 years old. Although he never went to school in Indonesia, he admitted a lot to learn in Indonesian culture.
"I've lived in Ngasem when aged 6, 7, 8 years old and studying art, dance, gamelan at the palace. So when we moved to America, they brought the culture of Indonesia," said Maya.
Sources :
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/umum/13/06/11/mo7oay-adik-barrack-obama-ingin-berbahasa-jawa
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