Samarinda, 2 July 2022 — The Language Ambassadors of East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan have been elected. The election began with a briefing on 24 and 25 June 2022. Participants received some materials, such as UKBI, Public Speaking Techniques, and Arts and Culture. The briefing section picked out the best twenty participants. Thus, they received Language Action Plan (Krida) and Linguistic material on 27 June 2022.
At the final stage, they presented the Krida in the ceremony of Language Ambassador Awards of East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan 2022 on 1 July 2022 at Grand Victoria Hotel, Samarinda. It ran smoothly and lively. Participants in the final stage came from East Kutai, Kutai Kartanegara, West Kutai, Samarinda, Mahulu, Balikpapan, Tarakan, and Bulungan. In addition, it was also attended by participants friend and family as well as invited guests, i.e. Anti-Drug Ambassador of Samarinda, Youth Ambassador of Samarinda City, Tourism Ambassador of Samarinda City, GenRe Ambassador of Samarinda City, GenRe Ambassador of East Kalimantan, and Pioneers Ambassador of Samarinda City. The best female contestants as 1st Winner Tiffanisia Ping from Bulungan, 2nd Winner Sonya Soraya Ghazlina from Samarinda, 3rd Winner Septy Natasya Dau from East Kutai, and Women’s Favourite Winner Tiffanisia Ping from Bulungan. The best male participants as 1st Winner Muhammad Abby from Samarinda, 2nd Winner Octavianus Kalistus from Mahakam Ulu, 3rd Winner Andy Saputra from Balikpapan, and Men’s Favourite Winner M. Ramadhan Nur from Samarinda.
Translated by Muhammad Erwin Darma