Indonesia - Korea Cultural Show (part 3)

What came next was something of kinda unexpected. I knew it from the rundown of the show that some Pansori would be presented as well. But, never had I imagined that the one who was presenting the pansori was none other than Mr. Wang Gi Seok 왕기석. We were informed that he was one of the famous 소리꾼 or Pansori singer in Korea. The notable one to say respect. 

So, of course the audience expected something special. And special he was. 

He managed to blend himself with the audience even with the Indonesian team who were sitting next to him on stage. See the picture?

Could not have imagined a better show last night.

Then came Ronggeng dance from Indonesian team. These ladies were showing off their talent of speeding up dance 'sort of' since the speed of rhythm is one of the visible characteristics that Betawi dance possesses. They nailed it.

A great performance indeed.

What would a Korean culture show without one of its representative Gayageum. Yes, this string musical instrument managed to bring us into the realm of serenity and calmness once the first pick of string was touched by one of the students who happened to be a student of Malay-Indonesian Department at HUFS. 

In a sense, this also highlighted the spirit of youth in nurturing the traditional legacies of both countries.

Indonesia-Korea CUltural Show (part 1)

한국-인도네시아 문화 교류의 밤  or Malam Pertukaran Budaya Indonesia - Korea or Indonesia - Korea Cultural Exchange Show was finally going to the an end. It had lasted for over one and a half an hour at HUFS BRICS hall as I mentioned earlier. So, this next performance was what was called as 모듬북 'Modeumbuk' . I think it was a kind of drum beating show in which some performers showed off their talents of arranging extremely fantastic sounds of drums through their energy and power.

The modeumbuk was accompanied by the 사자춤 or Lion Dance which to me was a kind of Barongsai in Indonesian-Chinese culture. The lion was accompanied by a masked dancer whose task was somewhat to tame the ferocious lion--that's what I thought.

See the lion? kinda cute, eh? The lion and the masked dancer were dancing to the tune and drum beats that kept on accompanying their movements. 

I think it worth to mention that this drum group was led by one of Korea's famous drum guru named Mr. Kim Kyu Hyeong (김규형). He did show off his energized power in rendering one of the most intricate and powerful performance in allowing the audience know and feel the rhythm he was offering--through his ever-smiling face^^

Finally, the Indonesia-Korea Cultural show was highlighted or somewhat nicely closed with what we called as 교제의 춤  or friendship dance. This time, some Indonesia dancers invited their Korean counterparts from the audience to come up on stage and dance along together in tune with Indonesian (Betawi) traditional music arrangement that specially.......delivered Korea's most famous song; Arirang.^^

What could be more interesting than this?

I do hope that through this kind of' extravaganza' show, both countries could learn 

and nurture close ties forever.