'Dewaruci' docks in Sorong

'Dewaruci' docks in Sorong

SORONG, Irian Jaya: Dance performances welcomed Navy tall ship
KRI Dewaruci, which arrived on Tuesday on an around-the-globe
journey.

Shortly after the training ship disembarked at Sorong Port,
local dancers performed the Nani Bile dance for the 77 Navy
cadets on board. The cadets responded with the Irianese dance
Sajojo, which they will perform in an international ship festival
in California in July.

Among the notable figures at the port were commander of
warship KRI Jayawijaya Maj. Zulkamaizar, local naval chief Maj.
Rudy Bangkinas Z, military chief Lt. Col. Aceng Maryana and chief
of the prosecutor's office Binuri Sahad.

KRI Dewaruci commander Maj. Darwanto told Antara the ship
sailed around the world 28 times since its launching in January
1953. It was built by H.C. Stulchen & Sohn in Hamburg, Germany,
and took from July to October to reach Indonesia from the then
West Germany on its maiden voyage. Lt. A.E.H. Roosenow captained
the first trip.

The ship was designated as English 17th century vessel
Newcastle in Anna and the King, a new film starring Jodie Foster,
when it stopped in Penang, Malaysia, last month.

KRI Dewaruci embarked on its four-month trip on April 19,
1999, from the Surabaya naval base.