Gambir Fair
gambir fair pasar gambir indonesian fair held yearly koningsplein batavia dutch east indie merdeka square jakarta indonesia celebrate birthday queen wilhelmina netherlands japanese occupied indie fair longer held however failed attempt reinstated jakarta fair gambir market featured hundred kiosk selling art craft food item also included singing competition dance movie showing activity included association football game lottery visitor european ethnic chinese although rich native also went gambir market held koningsplein batavia dutch east indie merdeka square jakarta indonesia part gambir subdistrict lent fair name front gate located north side daanhole street sabang street made bamboo wood roofed true sago palm leaf served ticket booth gate architectural style differed every year although generally modeled traditional indonesian building architect charge designing gate often began researching style used six month event fairground included police station surrounded metre ft high wooden fence inside front gate flower bench fence resting back open covered stall made material gate often stall open open stall generally used photographic exhibition sale art craft throughout archipelago imported good covered stall — charged additional entrance fee — featured various attraction including movie magic show dancing hall lottery government stall included book exhibition stateowned publisher balai pustaka information oil industry bataafsche petroleum maatschappij centre complex large restaurant exclusively dutch patron established restaurant sold alcohol european food ethnic group ate food kiosk scattered throughout square sold snack different part indie fair featured petasan local firework three occasion beginning wilhelminas birthday end outside front gate street seller throughout batavia laid sheet sold ware artistic performance also common initially art show held dutchman european however beginning traditional indonesian art form dance wayang wong ketoprak activity available included association football daytime hour singing keroncong competition night celebrate birthday queen wilhelmina netherlands august batavia city government decided hold bazaar due great interest event — attendance one week reached — dutch decided hold yearly coincide queen birthday weeklong fair held end august beginning september open morning midnight entrance fee cent native indonesian cent dutch initial display privately owned run fair grew increasingly crowded element government became involved opened kiosk also extended two week visitor generally welloff financially mainly european ethnic chinese native betawi group fewer came generally noble background japanese occupied indie fair stopped end world war ii indonesia independence several attempt made reinstate fair attempt made near sudirman street however event last long next effort jakarta fair launched better received continues day fair featured several work period armijn pane novel belenggu shackle male lead tono discovers mistress yah also favourite kroncong singer competition gambir ismail marzuki wrote song kr pasar gambir dan stambul anak jampang kroncong gambir market stambul cowlicked child describe atmosphere fair song since recorded several artist including chrisye footnote bibliography