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

On July 11th 2016, Labschool Kebayoran Highschool held an Inauguration ceremony for their cultural mission to Brusy, Poland. This year will be the 11th time for Labschool Kebayoran Highschool to participate in cultural mission together with CIOFF Indonesia. The team is consisted of 20 students as musicians and dancers, 2 teacher companions, and 2 officials from CIOFF Indonesia acting as representative (Nadia Vijanti) and choreographer (Roro Nuraini Prastuti).

On the Inauguration ceremony, the team opened up the event with a contemporary music by the musicians and then followed by Topeng dance, which originated from West Java.

Mrs. Ulya as the Headmaster of Labschool Kebayoran Highschool then gave her speech regarding the group’s preparations for the mission. Mrs. Ulya stated about how the students have worked hard to keep their academic studies and non-academic activities balanced, and also the cooperation between CIOFF Indonesia and Labschool Kebayoran highschool has brought positive knowledge and experiences to the students. She also stated her hopes for the students to be able to introduce and preserve Indonesian culture, and also for the mission to succeed.

The last performance by the team was a medley contemporary music and Piring dance from West Sumatra. After that, the inauguration procession was symbolized by handing over the team’s jackets from school representatives to Faza (Head of musicians) and Kayra (Head of dancers), as representatives from the team. Then the inauguration process was closed with the team members giving out flowers for their parents as a token of appreciation for their endless support.

Labschool Kebayoran Highschool team were become the representative from Indonesia in ‘’Kashubian Meeting with the Folklore of the World’’ festival in Brusy (Poland) that held on July 25th – July 31st 2016. The group was consist of 10 dancers and 10 musicians with Mr. Hadi as group Director, Mrs. Gezia as Group Manager, Mrs. Nadia Vijanti as CIOFF Representative, And Miss Nur Aini as the Choreographer. The festival was participated by 7 countries, such as Rumania, Belarus, Belgia, Lithuania, Greece, Montenegro, and Indonesia itself was the only group that participated from Asia.

They were performing almost everyday. And not-so-surprisingly, Indonesian group was the most awaited group by the audience. Almost everytime after Indonesian group finish some performance, they would shout “we want more, we want, more!” and of course the team would play some part to make the audience happy.

In this festival, Indonesian group was performing 2 contemporary music and 7 dances (Saman dance, Piring dance, Tor-Tor dance, Topeng dance, Greget Jawara dance, Yapong dance, and Tifa dance). The highlight about their performance was the part when they all performed the dance of the thousand hands : Saman dance from Aceh. It was very interesting to watch because not only it performed by the dancer but also the musician were also taking place as a dancers. Even the mayor of Brusy came to almost all of Indonesian performance because he was amazed with Saman dance.

At the closing ceremony, the Music Director of the festival ask Indonesian team to made some contemporary music to lead the final dance. Therefore, the music will lead the flag dance and the fire dance, and of course it was a big honor for Indonesian team. The Music Director said that he were in love with Indonesian music. And Voila! No word can explained how amazing the closing dance was. The mix between our traditional music and polish dance were really harmonious and spectacular. And again, the non-stop standing ovations from the audience was something that unforgettable for us, Indonesian team.

RMOL. Indonesia patut berbangga dengan prestasi yang diukir oleh kalangan mudanya. Satu dari sekian prestasi yang bisa disebutkan adalah eksistensi siswa/i Indonesia dalam menjalani misi budaya ke luar negeri.

Kalangan muda Indonesia sekali lagi perlu diacungi dua jempol. Masih dalam suasana HUT RI Ke-70, Indonesia patut berbangga dengan prestasi yang diukir oleh kalangan mudanya.

Satu dari sekian prestasi yang bisa disebutkan adalah eksistensi siswa/i Indonesia dalam menjalani misi budaya ke luar negeri.

Pada hari ini, Rabu (19/8),  di Auditorium SMA Labschool Kebayoran, Jakarta, rombongan misi budaya SMA Labschool Kebayoran akan mengikuti festival dan kompetisi, di Yalova-Turki, tepatnya dalam Yalova Folklore Dance Festival & Competition dari tanggal 22 Agustus-6 September mendatang.

Misi dilanjutkan dengan melalukan perjalanan tur ke Venice, Milan, Titlis, Lucerne, Paris, dan Amsterdam. SMA Labschool Kebayoran akan bertanding menunjukkan kebolehan Indonesia di hadapan 10 negara peserta lomba lainnya.

Merupakan sebuah tanggung jawab yang besar untuk memberikan yang terbaik karena di festival yang sama, Indonesia pernah meraih juara 1 dari 10 negara pada tahun 2011. Ini sudah kali ke-12 SMA Labschool mengikuti misi budaya.

Pada tahun ini mereka sudah menyiapkan penampilan terbaik, dan khusus untuk hari dilakukannya kompetisi, mereka akan membawakan tarian medley selama 7 menit, yaitu tarian Topeng, Greget Jawara, dan Tifa. Misi budaya ke Yalova, Turki ini akan diikuti oleh total 28 penari dan pemusik.

Selain berlaga dalam kompetisi, mereka akan melakukan parade dan membawakan tarian Indonesia lainnya seperti Saman, Yapong, Enggang & Balian Bawo, Mandau, yang telah dipelajari selama masa latihan 5 bulan.

"Salut dan sukses untuk anak-anak Indonesia yang nantinya akan menjadi pahlawan bangsa di Turki, semoga kembali dengan selamat ke Indonesia dan memenangkan kompetisinya," ujar Presiden CIOFF® Indonesia, Said Rachmat.

Menurutnya, menang kalah adalah bonus, anak-anak kita sebagai pahlawan bangsa yang membanggakan.

"Di Yalova, Turki ini sudah kali ke 4 Indonesia ikut berpartisipasi, yang ke 4 ini semoga bisa memberikan yang terbaik. SMA Labsky sangat membanggakan," imbuhnya.

Hal ini, katanya, tidak lepas dari peran CIOFF® Indonesia sebagai organisasi non-profesi dan organisasi budaya internasional, sesuai pengertian yang ditentukan oleh UNESCO yang terus berusaha untuk menghidupkan budaya Indonesia di manca negara.

CIOFF® Indonesia berdiri pada tanggal 10 Agustus 1981 dan setidaknya 15 grup setiap tahunnya berhasil berangkat mengharumkan nama Indonesia di berbagai festival dan perlombaan yang tersebar di seluruh dunia. [sam]

"Grup Tari Svarnabhadaya Balawan Dipta dari SMA Labschool Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, mendapat penghargaan terbaik dalam acara Lomba Tari Daerah di kota wisata Büyükçekmece, Turki," kata Kepala Fungsi Penerangan, Sosial dan Budaya KBRI Ankara, Robertus Irawan, kepada Antara Kairo, Ahad.

Festival Internasional Tarian Rakyat ke-12 di Kultur Park Kota Büyükçekmece" tersebut berlangsung dari 25 Juni hingga 7 Juli 2012.

Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Turki, Nahari Agustini, menyambut hangat penghargaan tersebut. "Penghargaan ini tentunya menambah semakin dikenalnya Indonesia di dunia internasional melalui penampilan kesenian daerah," katanya.

Festival bertema "Sevgi Birbirimize, Bari Hepimize" (Love for Each Other, Peace for All) ini diikuti 20 negara.

Selain Indonesia dan Turki, juga Amerika Serikat, Belanda, Brasil, Bulgaria, Jordania, Korea Selatan, Meksiko, Macedonia, Polandia, Serbia, Siprus Utara, Slovakia, Spanyol, Tarjikistan, Thailand, Togo, Ukraina, dan Yunani.

Disebutkan, para juri lomba berasal dari Portugal, Korea Selatan, Pilipina, Spanyol, Belanda, dan dari Turki. Para peserta menampilkan jenis tari pergaulan rakyat masing-masing negara.

Grup tari SMA Labschool Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan ini dipimpin Sri Wahyuni, Iwan dari Labschool, dan Ayu serta Fitri dari CIOFF Indonesia (Conseil International des Organisations de Festivals de Folklore et d"Arts Traditionnels/International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts).

Büyükçekmece merupakan kota wisata pantai di pesisir Laut Marmara, berjarak 41 km dari Masjid Buru Istambul atau Blue Mosque yang sangat populer untuk turis manca negara.

Pemerintah Kota Büyükçekmece dikenal cukup aktif mempromosikan wisata dan budaya Turki.

Para siswa SMA Labschool serta para pembimbingnya menyatakan kepuasannya dan gembira serta bangga atas pertunjukan tersebut.

Seusai pertunjukan, para duta bangsa itu berwisata dengan bus keliling Eropa mencakup Prancis, Belgia, Belanda, Jerman, Swiss, dan Italia. "Bravo adik-adik kita yang beraktivitas positif dan kreatif ikut mempromosikan Indonesia di luar negeri", kata wanita Duta Besar, Nahari Agustini. (Ant)

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