Back to Home... Annual Events... 50th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS New Member Borrel Annual Meeting Koninginnedag Belgian Beer Festival Oranje Golf Outing Summer Pool Party Canoe Trip Rijsttafel Dutch American Heritage Day Sinterklaas Holiday Reception   Click on the events above for further info.	Once a year, the NAADV hosts an authentic Indonesian Rijsttafel dinner for its members and their guests. The impact that the Dutch and Indonesian cultures have had on each other remains strong to this day, especially in the Dutch people's acquired taste for the flavorful and unique foods and spices of Indonesia. The Rijsttafel is a wonderful way to sample a great variety of Indonesian dishes. It is also a gezellige evening for adult members to socialize with friends and meet new members. NEW Location: Aqua Malaysian and Thai Restaurant 705 Chestnut St, Philadelphia When: Date to be announced for 2008 For More Information on Rijsttafel contact: Sicco Popma: shpopma@hotmail.com The Dutch/Indonesian Connection: The Dutch and Indonesian cultures have been woven together since the Dutch landed on the shores of the world's largest archipelago in 1596. They sought control of the international spice trade by forming alliances with the native rulers and the ever-increasing Chinese immigrant population. They fought with the Portuguese, as well as among themselves, and this led the Dutch government to form the United East India Company to provide military strength. For the next two hundred years, the Dutch dominated the world's spice trade. The Dutch surrendered sovereignty over all of Indonesia, except New Guinea, to the federal Republic of the United States of Indonesia in 1949. ©The Netherlands-America Association of the Delaware Valley