The Indonesian Diaspora in Europe: Culinary as Cultural Identity and Tourism Promotion in Paris, France

Today, the Indonesian diaspora has spread across the world, including in Europe. In the process of this dispersion, the Indonesian diaspora always try to maintain various forms of their cultural identity, including their culinary culture. In this context, the Indonesian diaspora continue to introduce and spread the richness of Indonesia culinary culture abroad. This study wanted to reveal how the Indonesian diaspora in Europe attempting to build their national cultural identity through culinary? Including, the implementations, opportunities, and challenges, which they must face in these cultural preservation efforts? This study focuses on the Indonesian diaspora spread across Europe, particularly the city of Paris, France. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive, through direct and indirect interviews and participative observation. The initial hypothesis is that the Indonesian diaspora in Europe has an open communal character, and they have a sense of pride in the richness of Indonesian cuisine, it also maintaining a sense of nationalism and the rise of national cultural identity.