Night of Friendship @Indonesian Embassy in Seoul

Around 600 guests attended the gala dinner hosted by Indonesian Embassy in Seoul. Koreans and Indonesians, of course..and other invited guests from several countries attended the Night of Friendship...filled with music...dances...talks...and doorprizes.

H.E. Mr..John.A. Prasetyo delivering his welcoming remarks to the audience...and the delegation from MPR RI including "Indonesia's Head of House of Representatives..."

On the stage...was KTTI group....Kelompok Tari Tradisional Indonesia

More and more people started to be pouring into the venue.

Gre...the dance Group..performing Dayak tribe dances.

And...what a nice show from KTTI.

Bravo. Encore..meng~encore!!!

...이루 or Eru. .as the friendship ambassador of Indonesian Embassy...singing his hit songs.

Hhmmm...a great night. It was.

People were started to take pictures of thrmselves... 

But...lets face it. Even the police guards who happened to be at the venue...wanted to have their fair share....to..cool off.

"KEMESRAAN INI...jgnlah cpt berlalu"

The night's still young. More songs....!^^

 

Liken father Like Son. Eru's father...a trot singer Tae Jin-ah .. sang two energetic songs!!!

...back to the welcoming banner.

Massih kuaat? Ya udah...bikin foto kenangan....kudu^^

Being wacky in the world of Friendship.

Folk Dance and Song Festival

Venue:Seoul National Museum 

Theater Yong.

It started at 7 pm

With piano recital. ...

The program was fully intact.

So much to see

Gleaming in the dark.

We're on the 2nd floor...

So we're pretty much....

Not...really into....the whole show..

Coz they looked relatively small...

But we enjoyed the show anyhow.

Ok...time to bid adieu to the stage performers.

Folk Music & Dance Concert

Yup....I got like 60 free invitations to share.

It's at the National Museum of Korea.

Our colleagues at KTTI or Traditional Indonesian Dance Team represents Indonesia at the concert. 

So....let's go and enjoy the show.

Bravo! ASEAN in Korea 2013 (part 5)

 

Indonesian Team picture, posted on one of the pillars at the entrance hall. 

Other countries' photos were also posted on the pillar so as to give a clue of what the guests were about to see. 

As I entered the theater, not many people showed up, though. Well, it's not even yet started. 

But, judging from the layout of the stage and its lighting as well as the backdrop, I was pretty sure that it'd be one great show of ASEAN member countries.  

The first team to perform was Indonesian team, named 'Saiyo', who performed Minangkabau dance--West Sumatra. 

All of them are students who reside in Korea.  

They're members of KTTI (Kelompok Tari Tradisional Indonesia) who practice every Saturdays at Indonesian Embassy in Yoiudo.  

I guess what they do really paid off.

They do show highlights of what Indonesian culture is all about.

Thanks to them..Indonesian youngsters can play their share of loving the traditional culture of their own--even while they're away from home like in Korea.

PERPIKA Gathering @ Dongguk University

 

It's Spring and the spring shower was accompanying us when we arrived at Dongguk University on Saturday afternoon (April 6). The Indonesian students association in South Korea (PERPIKA) held a simultaneous meeting at three different places across Korea (Seoul, Daejeon, Busan) and we did have sessions via Skype to check out what others were doing.

As for us in Seoul, we held the 1st gathering @ Dongguk University. 

 

It wouldn't have been an Indonesian students gathering, had there been no Indonesian-taste like this Padang's  Fan Dance performed by our fellow students--members of KTTI (Kelompok Tari Tradisional Indonesia 'Indonesian Traditional Dance Group).

They've been enthusiastically embracing the culture by practicing and performing live dances in front of audiences both Korean and international audiences. 

There were as many as 150 students attending this gathering. Not many showed up as we'd expected, but still we did have some fun...especially...we needed to brush up ourselves on what to do in the heating or at times 'seemingly' escalating situation on the peninsula, especially as 'blown up' by the media.

We just hope that things are just fine.

After all, we all some peace on wherever we are.