Last August, Gandrung Studio Dance participated to The 2nd Pyesta Kolon Datal Koronadal International Folklore Festival 2018 in Koronadal, Philippines. The festival was held from August 11th  to August 18th 2018. The group itself was consist with 15 dancers, along 1 leader and the person in charge at once, Ms. Rosmala Sari Dewi.

During the festival, they bring 11 dances; Indonesia Menari (2017) Dance, Kembang Jakarta, Renggong Manis, Tor-Tor Tandok Dance, Cendrawasih Dance, Lengger Dance, Kembang Ronggeng Dance, Mojang Priangan Dance, Sancang Gugat Dance, Gaplek Dance, and Bajidoran Dance.  While they were in Philippines, they stayed at Casa Gemma Hotel, Koronadal City.

On August 9th 2018, the group flied straight to Koronadal, Philippines. When first arrived at Philippines, the group was welcomed by KJRI Davao, Mr. Berlian Napitupulu. There were 8 other groups that participated in the festival such as Carribean Island, Republic of Estonia, Romania, Tahiti, Federation of Malaysia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Kingdom of Thailand, and groups from the host country, Republic of the Philippines. 

There were so many activities in the festival. The group also had a chance to perform the dances for 7 times in different activities, which were on Opening Ceremony at South Cotabato Sport Complex, twice on Pocket Performance at Gaisano Grand Mall, on Outreach Performance at Tacurong City and Mun. of Surallah, and on Full Show - Matinee at South Cotabato Gymnasium & Cultural Center, also Full Show – Gala at The Rizal Park. And there was one session called "SPILL OF DANCE", where they got a chance to explain about the dances and also performed together with other 11 group from 8 different countries. 

Besides all the performance, they also had other activities, such as Gift Exchange with Mayor of Koronadal City and Mayor of Tacurong City, Flag Ceremony, Press Conference, DOT Fellowship Night, Cultural Conference Workshop, League of Municipalities of South Cotabato Meet & Greet Night, Tree Growing Activity, and Cultural Visit / Community Immersion. Almost all the activities was held in Koronadal City, except for Outreach Performance was held in Tacurong City, Mun. of Surallah. 

The group always asked to be a closing performance for every event or activity, it was such an honor to them because the committee asked for it, and they like all the dances. On every performances from Indonesia’s group, the audiences were really enthusiastic, especially when the group tried to invite the audiences to dance togeher in Indonesia Menari (2017) dance.

After a week joining the festival, the group finally must go back home. On August 19th 2018, the group went back to Indonesia from Davao, and the next day on August 20th they arrived in Indonesia. It was a such a great journey for Gandrung Dance Studio.

Written by : Ayasha Salmadhia & Gayatri Larasati

Editted and Published by : Ghina Aulia Megaputri

The World Congress of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art — CIOFF® was completed in Ufa, Russia, Bashkurtistan. The forum lasted 11 days and it was attended by 200 representatives of the Executive Committee and the national sections of the CIOFF® from 54 countries, including Indonesia that was represented by our President of CIOFF® Indonesia, Mr. Said Rachmat. 

Since its creation, CIOFF®, sharing UNESCO’s values, aims to promote its objectives in the field of traditional culture. CIOFF® maintains formal consultative relationships with UNESCO and develops projects of common interest, safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore; more recently it got involved in the implementation of the convention on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. CIOFF® also promotes various actions in favour of cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue or culture of peace through the implementation of specific biennial programmes or the organization of meetings, workshops and cultural conferences.

As in the years before, the agenda includes amongst others normal formalities and preparing for the implementation of the upcoming project in 2018-2019. Russia not only become a place of this 48th CIOFF® world congress, but also become the venue for CIOFF® Folkloriada 2020 that take place in UFA (Republic of Bashkortostan). CIOFF World Folkloriada itself is the flagship event of CIOFF and become the largest international festival of traditional culture which held every four years.

During the congress, CIOFF® Youth had a successful organizations for its 3rd photo exhibition on Traditional Musical Instruments after two successful exhibition in Bitola and in Lisbon. They also introduced their works such as Coloring Book, Traditional Musical Instrument Photo Exhibition, CIOFF® Glossary and participation on #HeritageAlive contest for online journal.

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It's time for another dance workshop! CIOFF Indonesia was giving traditional dance workshop from Sumatra region as a series of Festival Seni Anak Manggarai 2018. This event was held by Sahabat Anak Manggarai which a children protection foundation based on volunteerism that provides quality education and children’s rights advocacy in an effort to encourage and inspire Jakarta’s street children to escape urban poverty. For being a change maker, they want to show street children that they are valuable as God’s most noble creation and to involve as many people and groups as possible to care for the street children and be their friends who show love at all times.

So in 2018, they made #BebasBerkarya event which begin with a series of art workshops that will be filled by top resource persons in their respective fields, then #BebasBerkarya will end by a main event that will showcase the artworks and result of Sahabat Anak's children during the workshop. This event was open for public, not only for foster children of Sahabat Anak, as long as they are in the range of age requirements for the workshop participants.

CIOFF Indonesia and Suzan Natanael was participated in Workshop 5 that was held in Kolla Space - Co-Working, Sabang on Saturday, September 8 2018. CIOFF Indonesia for traditional dance and Suzan Natanael for modern hip-hopdance. From CIOFF Indonesia we have Raras, Ani, dan Cece to shared about Tor-Tor dance. 

The event was going smoothly and all the participants was really enthusiast to learn about the dances in a fun way. See you in another dance workshop and don't forget to come and participate to the main event of Festival Seni Anak Manggarai 2018.

Written & Published by : Ghina Aulia Megaputri

CIOFF Indonesia together with Grand Galaxy Park Mall Bekasi held an event called Share Culture Festival in collaboration with Embassy of Poland. The Share Culture Festival theme was brought with lists of activities that includes traditional dance workshops and gamelan showcase, besides that, there were some folk dance performances as well.

The event was in collaboration with Embassy of Poland represented by Jawor Folk Group directly from Poland which previously participated in several folk festivals in Tenggarong and Polewali Mandar. In line with the theme of Share Culture, Jawor performed several Polish folk dance which provide rare and unique opportunity for Grand Galaxy Park Mall visitors.







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By Al Mujamil, Meikartaraya.co, 10 August 2018

MR.co, BEKASI – Menyambut HUT Republik Indonesia ke-73, Grand Galaxy Park menghadirkan beragam rangkaian acara seru dan menarik bagi para pengunjung. Kali ini lewat Selebrasi Merah Putih, yang digelar pada tanggal 8-26 Agustus 2018 bertempat di Main Atrium utama Grand Galaxy Park merupakan hasil kerjasama Grand Galaxy Park dengan CIOFF Indonesia dan Kedutaan Republik Polandia.

Momentum peringatan hari kemerdekaan Indonesia ke-73 ini sengaja dipilih untuk mengenal kebudayaan baik dalam maupun luar negeri dengan menggelar acara Share Culture Festival dari dua kebudayaan negara yakni Indonesia dan Polandia, yang menampilkan tarian budaya dari masing-masing kedua negara.

CIOFF Indonesia merupakan organisasi non-profesi dan organisasi budaya internasional, sesuai pengertian yang ditentukan oleh UNESCO. Saat ini CIOFF sudah menjadi associate partner resmi UNESCO.

CIOFF Indonesia memiliki tujuan utama diantaranya mempromosikan warisan nenek moyang asli Indonenesia melalui bentuk ekspresi tari, musik, upacara, adat istiadat , mendukung program-program UNESCO untuk perdamaian dunia dan membantu pemerintah Indonesia dalam mempromosikan kesenian Indonesia ke manca negara dalam pelaksanaan festival Internasional.

Manager Marcomm Grand Galaxy Park, Wahyu Setiadi Nugroho mengatakan, dalam rangka peringatan HUT RI Ke-73, Grand Galaxy Park menghadirkan berbagai program dan aktivitas seru yang  melibatkan para pengunjung. Rangkaian acara yang dihadirkan seperti  Share Culture Festival Indonesia – Polandia, Gamelan Showcase, Talkshow, Workshop, Gamelan showcase, makep up demo, hingga cooking competition.

“Tidak hanya itu, kami juga bekerjasama dengan CIOFF Indonesia dan kedutaan besar Polandia di Indonesia untuk mendukung jalinan persahabatan antar negara dan mempromosikan kebudayaan-kebudayaan milik Indonesia. Ada yang unik disini yaitu pameran alat musik asli dari beberapa daerah di Indonesia bahkan ada yang umurnya sudah ratusan tahun yang akan di pajang di Main Atrium Grand Galaxy Park,” kata Wahyu kepada Metro Bekasi. (hen)

Source link : https://meikartaraya.co/selebrasi-merah-putih-rangkaian-ggp-sambut-hut-ri-2018/

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By Fauzi, Infonitas.com, 8 August 2018


BEKASI – Memeriahkan HUT Kemerdekaan RI, Grand Galaxy Park menggelar event Selebrasi Merah Putih. Digelar selama 19 hari, gelaran ini diramaikan dengan sejumlah acara spektakuler, di antaranya Share Culture Festival, #GamelanforMillenials Class & Workshop, festival makanan Pasar Rasa 2018, Festival Durian Galaxy, The Art of Polish Poster dan masih banyak aktivitas lainnya.

Tak hanya itu, penampilan dari Jawor Folk Group, yaitu kolaborasi Kedutaan Republik Polandia dengan CIOFF Indonesia dalam Share Culture Festival pada Rabu, (8/8). Bahkan, ada pula penampilan spesial dari Papua Voice, Nikki Frazeta dan Vimast akan semakin menyemarakkan event selebrasi merah putih.

Citra Natasya selaku head of youth section CIOFF Indonesia mengatakan, Selebrasi Merah Putih merupakan inisiatif bersama antara Grand Galaxy Park, CIOFF Indonesia dan Kedutaan Besar Polandia di Indonesia, serta banyak pihak terkait lainnya.  "Saya berharap, ini bisa menjadi penguat persahabatan antar negara. Sekaligus menjadi rangkaian selebrasi HUT  kemerdekaan Indonesia di Tahun 2018 ini, menarik untuk anak muda dan juga masyarakat pada umumnya,” singkatnya.

Source link: http://m.infonitas.com/bekasi/laporan-utama/ini-pengisi-gelaran-selebrasi-merah-putih-di-grand-galaxy-park/64031

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By Independensi.com, 9 August 2018


JAKARTA (IndependensI.com) – dalam rangka menyambut peringatan 73 tahun proklamasi Republik Indonesia, kelompok nyanyi dan tari rakyat dari Jawor, Polandia, tampil di Grand Galaxy Park (GGP), Bekasi. Mereka membawakan sejumlah lagu rakyat dan tarian yang dinamis.

Penampilan mereka mendapatkan sambutan meriah dari pengunjung. sebelumnya, kelompok yang terdiri atas sekitar 20 orang ini sudah tampil di beberapa daerah di Indonesia.

Utusan Kedutaan Besar Polandia, Igor Kaczmarczyk, gembira bisa memperlihatkan seni dan budaya negaranya.

“Indonesia dan Polandia punya hubungan yang baik. Kebetulan, kedua negara punya warna bendera yang sama yaitu merah dan putih meski urutannya terbalik,” kata Kaczmarczyk dalam sambutannya pada pembukaan Selebrasi Merah Putih di GGP, Rabu (8/8/2018).


Jarak dua negara yang lebih dari 10.000 kilometer tidak menjadi penghalang hubungan erat Indonesia dan Polandia. Kedekatan itu terlihat melalui seringnya pertukaran misi seni dan budaya antara Indonesia dan Polandia.

Seniman Indonesia sering mengadakan pertunjukan di Polandia, dan sebaliknya seniman Polandia beberapa kali mengunjungi Nusantara.

Pertukaran budaya Indonesia dan Polandia terwujud berkat kerja sama GGP dan CIOFF (International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts).

“Selebrasi Merah Putih merupakan inisiatif bersama GGP, CIOFF Indonesia, dan Kedutaan Besar Polandia di Indonesia, serta banyak pihak terkait lain. Ajagn ini diharapkan bisa lebih mempererat hubungan kedua negara,” kata kepala seksi pemuda CIOFF Indonesia, Citra Natasya.

Selebrasi Merah Putih akan berlangsung hingga akhir Agustus. Beberapa acara akan digelar antara lain pameran poster seni Polandia, festival makanan Pasar Rasa 2018, serta pertunjukan Nikki Frazetta dan V1MAST.

“Selain acara tersebut, kami juga menggelar pameran alat musik asli dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Beberapa alat musik ada yang usianya sudah ratusan tahun. Pameran digelar di Main Atrium Grand Galaxy Park,” kata manajer marcomm pusat belanja itu, Wahyu Setiadi Nugroho.

Untuk meramaikan peringatan hari kemerdekaan, GGP mengadakan beberapa program belanja antara lain Independence Day Giveaway, Flix Movie Deals, dan Summer Sweetness. Khusus pada 17 Agustus 2018, pengunjung yang mengenakan pakaian merah putih akan menerima hadiah di booth SedayuOne tanpa harus membeli apa pun.

Source link: https://independensi.com/2018/08/09/grand-galaxy-park-padukan-budaya-indonesia-dan-polandia/

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By Harianproperti.com, 9 August 2018


Bekasi, HarianProperty.com-Kemeriahan perayaan kemerdekaan Indonesia di Grand Galaxy Park mall Bekasi  yang akan mulai digelar pada tanggal 8-26 Agustus 2018 bakal menghadirkan tema Selebrasi Merah Putih.

Dalam acara tersebut Grand Galaxy Park bekerjasama dengan CIOFF Indonesia dan Kedutaan Republik Polandia menyediakan beragam hiburan dan acara menarik salah satunya adalah menggelar acara Share Culture Festival dari dua kebudayaan negara yakni Indonesia dan Polandia, yang menampilkan tarian budaya dari masing-masing kedua negara tersebut.

CIOFF Indonesia sendiri merupakan organisasi non-profesi dan organisasi budaya internasional, sesuai pengertian yang ditentukan oleh UNESCO.

Saat ini CIOFF sudah menjadi associate partner resmi UNESCO. CIOFF Indonesia memiliki tujuan utama diantaranya mempromosikan warisan nenek moyang asli Indonenesia melalui bentuk ekspresi tari, musik, upacara, adat istiadat , mendukung program-program UNESCO untuk perdamaian dunia dan membantu pemerintah Indonesia dalam mempromosikan kesenian Indonesia ke manca negara dalam pelaksanaan festival Internasional.

Wahyu Setiadi Nugroho selaku Manager Marcomm Grand Galaxy Park dalam rilis yang diterima redaksi Harianproperty.com mengatakan bahwa Grand Galaxy Park menghadirkan berbagai program dan aktivitas seru yang  melibatkan para pengunjung.

Rangkaian acara yang dihadirkan seperti  Share Culture Festival Indonesia - Polandia, Gamelan Showcase, Talkshow, Workshop, Gamelan showcase,makep up demo, hingga cooking competition.

“Tidak hanya itu kami juga bekerjasama dengan CIOFF Indonesia dan kedutaan besar Polandia di Indonesia untuk mendukung jalinan persahabatan antar negara dan mempromosikan kebudayaan-kebudayaan milik Indonesia. Ada yang unik disini yaitu pameran alat musik asli dari beberapa daerah di Indonesia bahkan ada yang umurnya sudah ratusan tahun yang akan di pajang di Main Atrium Grand Galaxy Park.” Lengkapnya.

Banyak even Selebrasi Merah Putih yang digelar selama 19 hari ini akan diramaikan dengan sejumlah acara spektakuler diantaranya adalah Share Culture Festival , #GamelanforMillennials Class & Workshop , Festival makananan Pasar Rasa 2018, Festival Durian Galaxy, The Art of Polish Posterdan masih banyak aktifitas lainnya.

Apresiasi juga diberikan Citra Natasya, Head of Youth Section CIOFF Indonesia yang menyebutkan acara Selebrasi Merah Putih merupakan inisiatif bersama antara Grand Galaxy Park, CIOFF Indonesia, dan Kedutaan Besar Polandia di Indonesia, serta banyak pihak terkait lainnya.

“Harapannya tentu ini bisa menjadi penguat persahabatan antarnegara, dan juga menjadi rangkaian selebrasi kemerdekaan Indonesia ke-73 di tahun 2018 ini yang menarik untuk anak muda dan juga masyarakat pada umumnya,” imbuh Citra.

Banyak Promo

Sebagai salah satu mall unggulan dari pengembang Agung Sedayu, Grand Galaxy Park juga menyediakan fasilitas dan aneka promo bagi pemegang SedayuOne membership, selama bulan Agustus Grand Galaxy Park dengan menghadirkan program belanja diantaranya Independence Day Giveawaydengan berbelanja di all tenant Grand Galaxy Park minimal Rp 500.000,- (weekdays) dan Rp 800.000,- (Weekend).

Para pengunjung berhak mendapatkan kesempatan mengambil undian dalam bentuk lucky dip. Hadir juga program Flix Movie Deals berhadiah gratis popcorn dan minuman setiap pembelian tiga buah tiket nonton Flix Studio danSummer Sweetness yang memberikan gratis minuman Origins setiap pembelanjaan Rp.100.000 di  tenant F&B serta FoodPark setiap hari senin-kamis selama periode Selebrasi Merah Putih berlangsung.

Tidak hanya itu saja, bagi yang ingin mendapatkan hadiah langsung di tanggal 17 Agustus 2018 nanti langsung tunjukan Merah Putih Outfit kami di Booth SedayuOne yang hadir di Grand Galaxy Park Mall.

Wahyu menambahkan, “Seluruh program, aktivitas, hingga belanja berhadiah selama Agustus ini dihadirkan sebagai bentuk semangat keberagaman dalam persatuan saat merayakan HUT Kemerdekaan RI ke- 73”.

Source link: http://harianproperty.com/Terkini/details/444/Indonesia-Polandia-Bersatu-Meriahkan-Kemerdekaan-di-Grand-Galaxy-Park

[EID AL-ADHA]

 
CIOFF® Indonesia wish you a happy Eid Al-Adha for those who celebrates! May the great works of Allah prosper your hands🙏🏼✨

 
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A few months back, Al Azhar Kelapa Gading High School participated to The 55th Beskidy Highlander’s Week of Culture in Zywiec, Poland. They are not only participated in the festival, but also take part to compete with 13 other groups from different countries in traditional dance competition. The festival held from July 27th to August 5th 2018. This group has 13 dancers, 9 musicians, 2 teachers, along with CIOFF Indonesia’s President himself, Mr. Said Rachmat and Ms. Yunita Hardiyanti.

 

During the festival, they bring 5 dances; Greget Jawara Dance, Genggong Dance, Enggang Balian Dance, Yapong Dance, and Tokecang Dance. Actually, they had prepare 7 dances, but because the time limit and the material did not totally done, they did not performed Kareppa Dance and Nandak Ganjen Dance. During the festival, the groups stayed in Debowiec Hotel, in Bielsko Biola. 

 

 

This festival mostly consist with 45 performance for each group and in 6 different cities. On the first day, they had a street parade and after that a 45 minutes street performance. For the next few days, they also performed a 45 minutes performance but in several different cities, such as Szczyrk, Zywiec, Oswiecim.

 

 

 Beside all the 45 minutes performance in the city, they had a countries night for all the delegates. But each group only had a 30 minutes performance to show their dances and music. They had a chance to met and gift exchange with the mayor. They also met the director of the festival.  between their busy day with all the performance, to refreshing they went on tour to see the city of Krakow. 

 

Not to forget about the competition, the concept they used for the competition was a medley dance. First, they used a storyline from a Bali dance, called Kecak Dance, which tell a story of a girl named Sinta is gone missing. Then, they also used Saman Dance from Aceh. So it was a medley of Bali and Saman dance. But unfortunately, they did not win.

The audience during all the festival constantly had a long applause for the Indonesia group. Once, on their last performance in Szczyrk, the audience seemed to like Saman Dance, because they requested the group to perform Saman Dance again. 

 

 

After almost 2 weeks in the festival, the group finally had to leave the festival. But before went back to Indonesia, they had a tour from 6th - 12th August. They went to Prague, Salzburg, Venice, Milan, Mount Titlis, and Lucern. On 12th August they went back to Indonesia from Zurich Airport, and on 13th August they arrived in Jakarta, met their family and friends again.

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Labschool Kebayoran Senior High School was successfully amaze the audiences of The XXII Edition of International Folk Day Warmia Festival in Olsztyn, Poland. It was the 22 times the festival held and Labschool Kebayoran Senior High School has attended the festival for 14 times. Previously, they already attending festivals in Greece, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, etc.

The festival held from July 17th until July 22nd 2018. The group it self has 12 dancers and 10 musicians with Mrs. Ayu Wiranti as group Director and Miss Ravanya Parawansa as group choreographer. Macedonia, Benin, Mexico, Hungary, Ireland, Canada, Serbia, Peru, Cyprus, and 7 Poland groups were the participants of the festival. Indonesia perfoming 7 dances such as Tokecang Dance, Yapong Dance, Enggang Balian Dance, Genggong Dance, Greget Jawara Dance, Kareppa Dance, and Saman Dance.

Indonesia was the most remembered group by the audience and other groups because Indonesia has the most pretty costume and makeup. The costume are different for each dances and very colorfull. There are many kind of atribute to wear such as belt, headpiece, fan, etc. 

The festival started as the delegates do the parade. They sang their countries song while walking around the city. Indonesian group sang their song loudly and cheerfully to attract the audience.

Written by : Dinda Dyandri

Editted & Published by : Ghina Aulia Megaputri