Indonesian Days in Sopot

Indonesian Days in Sopot
Belgrade, December 9-15, 2010
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia - Belgrade
“ Song for two “ by Tamara Šenekar
Darmasiswa scholar generation 2005-2006
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Belgrade - Serbia
Bulevar Kneza Aleksandra Karadjordjevića 18
11040 Belgrade - Serbia
Ph. +381.11.3635666, fax. 3674239, e-mail: kbri.beograd@eunet.rs
www.deplu.go.id/belgrade
Introduction
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Belgrade in
cooperation with Sopot Culture Center on initiative of
Friendship Association of Serbia and Indonesia “Nusantara”
has presented the “Indonesian Days” on December 9-15,
2010, in Sopot Culture Center. The seven days program has
consisted of various cultural programs in the field of culture,
education and art.
The official opening of the “Indonesian Days” in Sopot
was held on December 9, 2010, at 19.00, in Sopot Culture
Center and the event was attended over 200 citizens of
Sopot in very friendly and pleasant atmosphere. This was
the first event of presenting the Indonesia in many ways
in Sopot, which was reflected from many media coverings
and attention from the citizens, especially the youth. On the
opening program, there were presented exhibitions from
former scholars of Indonesian Government in the field of
education named “Darmasiswa” and the professional photographer who has experienced the beauty of Indonesia in
his journey through Asia.
Beside the exhibitions, the Indonesian Embassy in Belgrade has performed the music and dance performance
from Java and Bali island. Embassy’s gamelan ensemble lead
by Sutikno Sukiban has presented several songs from Indonesia and Serbia played on Javanese traditional instuments
“Gamelan”. The Bali culture was presented through the
traditional dances named “Cendrawasih” and “Topeng tua”
which has been performed by members of Embassy’s school
of Balinese dances led by Ivana Askovic.
During the “Indonesian Days” in Sopot, it was also presented two Indonesian films “Laskar Pelangi” and “Ayat Ayat
Cinta”, presentation of scholarship program “Darmasiswa”
of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and presentation of “Shadows of volcano & colours of orchids” by
Marija Savin.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia sincerely hopes
this cultural event in Sopot would be a good foundation for
further cooperation in the future for the benefit of the two
countries and people.
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H.E. Mr. Semuel Samson
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
to the Republic of Serbia
Distinguished guests,
President of Municipality Mr. Živorad Milosavljević,
Members of the City Council,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dobro veče,
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you here at the Cultural Center of
Sopot on the occasion of the Opening of Indonesian Days which will be held until
15th of December 2010. It is even a greater pleasure for me to be able to celebrate
my small jubilee in such a festive way - today is my first month here in Serbia, but my
family and I already feel like we have found our second home. I would like to express
gratitude to Serbian people for their generous hospitality.
In this regard, I would like to extend a deep gratitude to the Director of the Cultural
Center who took the initiative to start this excellent cooperation in promoting cultural understanding of Indonesia to the people of Sopot. I would like to stress tonight
that Indonesia is here at Sopot. Tonight, this Cultural Center has been magically fashioned with Indonesia’s image so that the people of Sopot could experience Indonesia,
even though it is 16.000 km away. From the entrance hall you have seen a display of Indonesia, starting with banners, then photographs collection from Mr. Goran Trifunović,
who has kindly joined us in this event, followed with Indonesian traditional snacks and
exhibition of paintings from our beloved painters, with the touch on Bali and Javanese
culture.These painters are alumni of DARMASISWA Program who have studied in Indonesia for more than one year and have been influenced by its culture and character.
Their works are a showcase of unique character and deep commitment in arts.
When we were informed about this initiative by our friends from NUSANTARA, the
Serbia-Indonesia Friendship Association, I thought that this could be an opportunity
where people could experience what they have missed from what we were doing all
this years in Belgrade. We have to admit that most of the time we have neglected the
potential of towns all over Serbia and only focus on Belgrade. In order to change that,
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for the past three years, Indonesian Embassy has been engaging wider to the people of
Serbia and reaching out towns across Serbia to seek new potentials for cooperation
between our two countries.
Indonesian Days in Sopot are one of the ways to bring closer the understanding of
Indonesian culture and tradition and build a bond for establishing future cooperation
in the economic field. We want our relation to be mutual and bring development to
both sides and generate prosperity in years to come. What we are giving you here
tonight is a way of saying that we want you to visit our country and vice versa - that
Indonesian people could also visit this beautiful town. Dojite u Indoneziyu. (Come to
Indonesia - Dođite u Indoneziju). Doci cemo u Srbiyu (We will come to Serbia - Doći
ćemo u Srbiju).
Under this context, I would like to point out some of the places that might be of
your interest. I believe everybody here knows about islands of Indonesia. We believe
everybody here wants to go to Bali or Lombok or Sumatra and other islands in Indonesia. We invite you to have this journey and we offer you, especially students here,
to experience that.
Ladies & genlemen,
Every year, our Government gives scholarship for students in Serbia to study in Indonesia
for a period of 6 months and of one year.The program is called DARMASISWA and it offers
study in the fields of language, arts and culture.This opportunity has been taken by students
from towns across Serbia and we invite students from Sopot to take this opportunity as
well. Academic year 2011-2012 is already opened. DARMASISWA program aims to promote Indonesian culture and language, desires to expand and intensify mutually beneficial
cooperation to foreign students, and serves as a way for exchanging ideas and friendships.
Tonight’s opening at the Cultural Center will show you dance and music performances
from Indonesia. and we hope that you will enjoy this collaboration of Indonesian and Serbian tradition.We also invite the people of Sopot who are interested to join these groups
to come to our Embassy and learn.
Apart from this, during the Indonesian Days, there will be also films projections, from Indonesian talented and remarkable directors, which will be projected for two days. Films are
considered to be great mean to transfer knowledge and understanding of a culture and
behavior and therefore we hope that you could enjoy and fall in love in our country.We do
hope than in next Film Festival in Sopot some Indonesian films could also participate.
Dear friends,
Thank you and hope to see you in the following days.
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Mr. Dragovan Bata Lukić
President of Friendship Assosiation of Serbia
and Indonesia
Your Excellency, dear friends,
I am glad that the Sopot Cultural Center, at the initiative of the Serbian-Indonesian
Friendship NUSANTARA from Belgrade, and with substantial support from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Belgrade, for the first time in Sopot has organized the “Days of Indonesia in Sopot, in the heart of Sumadija from 9 to 15 December 2010.
The event was opened with an exhibition of paintings by members of the Friendship
Association of Serbia and Indonesia as the former scholars of the Government of
Indonesia, painters Dragana Mladenovic, Tanja Djokic and Tamara Šenekar, and exhibition of photographs by Goran Trifunovic who during his 30 days in Indonesia at year
2008 has photographing nature and people.
I am pleased that this event has received support from the Municipality of Sopot provided by the mayor of Sopot Mr. Zivorad Milosavljevic.
During the event, Sopot residents will have an opportunity to watch movies of Indonesian cinema, to learn about educational programs and the possibility to develop in
Indonesia under the scholarship Darmasiswa, as well as to learn unusual diverse world
of Indonesia and the culture of the country through the presentation “Indonesia in
the shadows of volcano and colors of orchids” by the publicist and world traveler
Mary Savin, a member of the Friendship Association.
I believe that this cooperation will continue for many years to come.
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Mr. Živorad Milosavljević
President of Municipality Sopot
Distinguish Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, first of all may I extend my deepest respect of
this special occasion and for visiting the Sopot where cotizens are always open to the world
and foreign culture. Sopot is also known for its Film Festival that had gain many awards and
visited by many famous and best world directors, and I do hope that maybe in the future
the citizen of Sopot will have the special opportunity to see one of Indonesian films.
Special thanks also for the Friendship Association “Nusantara” for the initiative, and to the
Indonesian Embassy who made efforts to make this event so special.
I am sure that our cooperation with Indonesian Embassy in Belgrade will continue in many
fields in the future. Thank you.
Mrs. Suzana Anastasov Markovic
Director of Sopot Cultural Center
Your Excellency Mr. Samson, ladies and gentlemen, good evening and welcome to Sopot
Cultural Center.Author’s project of the Sopot Culture Center live for several years under
the name of “ Us and them “, but never before the project to get to know other peoples
and cultures last for a whole week. Starting from tonight, the Indonesian Days in Sopot will
last for a week. I take this opportunity to thank first to the Serbian-Indonesian Friendship
Association “Nusantara”, to the president Bata Lukic, our associates, Marija Savin, and other
members of society who have enabled and encouraged us to organize the Days of Indonesia. My thanks goes to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia who has supported us and
which has prepared all this. I thank everyone who came tonight and wish to travel together
and experience the culture, art and tradition of Indonesia.
Thank you all.
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Table
of content
Introduction
Speech of the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to
the Republic of Serbia
Specch of the President of Friendship Association “Nusantara”
Speech of the President of Municipality of Sopot
Speech of Director of Sopot Culture Center
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About Culture Center Sopot
About Friendship Assosiation “Nusantara”
Program
About Scholarship “DARMASISWA”
Films
AboutTamara Senekar,Tanja Djokic & Dragana Mladenović
About Goran Stefanović
About Marija Savin
About Viktor Lazić
Gamelan
Balinese dance
Gallery
Media clipping
Team
Words of gratitude
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Culture Center Sopot
The Center started operating in 1972. As of December 1992, its foundation rights
and obligations have been vested with the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.
The Center’s program of work includes a versatile cultural offer suited to all categories of the population. Its visual arts program includes exhibitions, lectures, and
workshops while the musical program involves concerts. The activity of the Center
also includes literary events, publishing, development of the cultural-artistic amateur
activity (Cultural-Artistic Society, Gusle-playing Society). Each year, the Center organizes the Sopot Film Festival and the Low-fi Film Festival, a project dedicated to the
younger generation.
Friendship Association of Serbia and Indonesia “Nusantara”
Indonesia and Serbia have been maintaining traditionally friendly relations for over
six decades. Due to this tradition of good relations between former Yugoslavia and
Indonesia, on 17th August 2003, marking the Anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence
in Belgrade, the Association of Serbian-Indonesian Friendship NUSANTARA has been
founded. Nusantara is a non-governmental, non-party and non-profit organisation and
by its form it is a civil association with the following goals and tasks:
- to contribute to maintaining, preservation and development of the traditional
friendship between Serbia and Indonesia;
- to help establish co-operation concerning social issues, art, education, culture,
sports and other areas by contributing to strengthening and development of political
and economic relations and co-operation between the two friendly countries;
- to organise artistic, cultural and sporting activities as the incentive to expanding
mutual contacts, taking the role of a bridge that will accelerate development of the
bilateral exchange as a whole between the two countries;
Significant support to the work of the Association since its inception has been lent
by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Belgrade, as well as by a number of
companies and institutions operating in various lines of business and with different
aims. JUGOIMPORT-SDPR has persisted in supporting Nusantara right from the association’s founding, and today provides the venue for its registered seat.
Considering the fact that the present political relations between the two countries
are maintained at a highly satisfactory level, we believe that, by its activities, the Association will promote also the exchange within culture, education and other areas,
with the goal of further bringing Serbia and Indonesia closer together.
The association now has almost 120 members mainly consists of Serbian citizens
from all over the country.
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Program
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Exhibition of photography by Goran Trifunović
Exhibition of pantings by former Darmasiswa
Speech of the President of Municipality Sopot
Speech of Director of Culture Center Sopot
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Speech of the President of “Nusantara” Association
Opening speech by Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
Poem “Sumatra” by Viktor Lazić
Kebo Giro
Kebo Giro Esok Sore
Cendrawasih
Topeng Tua
U Ranu Zoru
Mission Impossible
Tamo Daleko
Cocktail
Friday, December 10, 2010
Film “Laskar Pelangi”
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Film “Ayat Ayat Cinta”
Presentation of scholarship program “DARMASISWA”
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Presentation of “Shadows of volcanoes and colours
of orchids by Marija Savin
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Education
DARMASISWA
Scholarship of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia
DARMASISWA is a scholarship program offered to all foreign students from countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia to study Bahasa Indonesia,
arts, music and crafts. Participants can choose one of 44 different universities located
in different cities in Indonesia. This program is organized by the Ministry of National
Education (MoNE) in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
The DARMASISWA program was started in 1974 as part of ASEAN (Association
of South East Asian Nations) initiative, admitting only students from ASEAN. However,
in 1976 this program was extended to include students from other countries such as
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Sweden, and USA. In early 90’s, this program was extended further to include
all countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia. Until to date, the
number of countries participating in this program is more than 75 countries.
The main purpose of the DARMASISWA program is to promote and increase the
interest in the language and culture of Indonesia among the youth of other countries.
It has also been designed to provide stronger cultural links and understanding among
participating countries.
Darmasiswa RI Program is conducted in 2 schemes, i.e :
Regular 1 (One) Year -Darmasiswa RI scholarship Program
Regular One Year program is a one-year scholarship program offered to foreign
students from countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia to study
Indonesian language and Art (traditional music, traditional dance, and Indonesian craft)
in selected Indonesian Higher Education Institutions.
Regular 6 (Six) Months - Darmasiswa RI scholarship Program
Regular six-month program is a six-month scholarship program offered to foreign
students from countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia to study
Indonesian language in selected Indonesian Higher Education Institutions.
The interest of international students to participate in this program keep increasing year by year. In 2011, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia offers scholarships to 750 students who would like to participate in this program.
With hundreds of foreign students studying in Indonesia under the Darmasiswa
scholarship every year, each can be seen as an ambassador for inter-cultural understanding and world peace.
Since 2002, scholarships are offered also to the Serbian youth and sinve then every
year the number of applicants are increasing. There were eleven generations until this
year, which numbers 36 scholars from all over the Serbia.
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Vladimir Cirjaković, a scholar from Serbia with other Darmasiswa scholars from many countries are studying tourism in Jakarta ( August 2010 )
In 2010 there were significant interests from Serbian youth and seven youth has granted
scholarships from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.They are now in Jakarta and
Surabaya, in Java island, Denpasar in Bali island and Mataram in Lombok island, studiying Indonesian language, traditional music, art, painting and tourism.
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia expects the number of applicants for scholarship
program “Darmasiswa” will increase every year, mainly because of significant interests that is
shown during many Indonesian cultural presentations and performances during last year in all
over the Serbia, such as in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Kragujevac, Subotica, Leskovac, Zrenjanin,
Pancevo, etc.
REGISTRATION FOR SCHOLARSHIP“DARMASISWA” 2011-2012
Darmasiswa applications for the period 2011-2012 is already opened.The Government of the Republic of Indonesia invites students in Serbia to participate in
Darmasiswa scholarship Program and is accepting application until mid of February 2011. Citizens of Serbia who are not older than 35 years old are eligible
to apply for field of studies in arts., music or language. Applications must include
transcripts of academic, certificate of english proficiency,
For all additional informations to contact Embassy of the Republic of Indonesian in Belgrade, Social, Cultural and Information department, at 011/3635666,
3635633 or by e-mail to: kbri.beograd@eunet.rs, or at the website of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia: www.darmasiswa.diknas.go.id
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Cynematography
Indonesia’s film industry has a long history.The first film made in Indonesia was the 1926 silent
film, Loetoeng Kasaroeng, by Dutch Directors G. Kruger and L. Heuveldorp. It was made with local actors by the NV Java Film Company in Bandung and premiered on December 31, 1926 at the
Elite and Majestic Theatres in Bandung. Since then, more than 2,200 feature films have been produced.After its genesis during the Dutch colonial era, the Indonesian film industry was supported
by the Japanese occupiers during the Second World War as a propaganda tool. After independence, film was used to support nationalistic movement and anti-Western purposes. Foreign film
imports were banned. During Suharto presidential, film censorship was introduced. During this
era, a director from West Sumatra, Usmar Ismail made a major imprint in Indonesian film in the
period of 1950s and 1960s.This period was also earmarked by Asrul Sani’s work in film “Pedjuang”
which then exemplify fame of Indonesian film.
The Indonesian film industry reached its peak in the 1980s with successful films such as Naga
Bonar (1987) and Catatan Si Boy (1989).Warkop’s comedy films, directed by Arizal also proved to
be successful.The industry has also found appeal among teens. However, by the 1990s imports of
foreign films resumed, and the artistic quality of Indonesian films was reduced due to competition,
especially from the US and Hong Kong. The number of movies produced decreased significantly,
from 115 movies in 1990 to just 37 in 1993. Rampant counterfeiting and television also contributed to the degradation of Indonesian film. In decade, Indonesian film dominated by serial electronic
film (sinetron).
The drop in number of film production in Indonesia had been in a critical period. In 1997/78 –
1987/88 around 937.700.000 people watch Indonesian film. This amount keeps decreasing about
50% until 1992. In Jakarta itself, from around 100.000 - 150.000 people drop to 77.665 people in
1991. This condition also applied in the amount of film production which drops 50% during the
1990s.
After year 2000, independent filmmaking has seen a rebirth and films that address such previously prohibited topics as politics, race, religion, class conflict and sexuality are being made.
Notable films include What’s Up with Love? directed by Rudi Soedjarwo in 2002, Eliana Eliana,
directed by Riri Riza, and Arisan! in 2005, That same year Gie (director Riri Riza), was released,
took a story of a biopic Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie.The growth of this new era was coming
to a wider appreciation with the release of Ayat-ayat Cinta (Verses of Love), directed by Hanung
Bramantyo. The movie has attracted one segment of audience like never happened before. The
melodramatic story did not give many new approaches to filmtic storytelling but the crossover
between Islam and modern-romance story has succeeded in getting Moslem around the country
to lure the films.
The year 2007 was certainly and important year for Indonesian film. With 48 releases, Indonesia’s national film had the highest number of distributed films since the rebirth of film after the
collapse of the industry in 1990s. However, figures comparable to those of the golden years that
extended into the late 80s is still very far off. In 2008, the industry had the most films released in
a decade and 10 times as many as the first years of the new century.Year 2008 was the year when
the all-time Indonesian film box-office record was broken by the year’s two chart-topping films.
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Films
“ Laskar Pelangi ”
Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) is a 2008 Indonesian film adapted from the popular Indonesian novel by Andrea Hirata of the same name.The movie follows a group of 10 schoolboys and
their two inspirational teachers as they struggle with poverty and develop hopes for the future in
Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung off the east coast of Sumatra.The
film is the highest grossing in Indonesian box office history and won a number of local and international awards.This movie released in 2008 and was directed by Riri Riza, an Indonesian young and
remarkable director that in 2009 conducted Indonesian Film Festival in Belgrade.
“ Ayat Ayat Cinta ”
Ayat-Ayat Cinta (English:TheVerses
of Love) is an Indonesian film by Hanung Bramantyo starred by Fedi Nuril,
Rianti Cartwright, Carissa Putri, Melanie Putria, and Zaskia Adya Mecca. It is
a romantic religious film which is based
on best-selling novel with the same title
by Habiburrahman El Shirazy.The story
is actually based in Cairo, Egypt, but instead of shooting in Cairo, the movie
was shot in India and Semarang, Indonesia.Ayat-Ayat Cinta was released on
February 28, 2008 in Indonesia, May 8,
2008 in Singapore, and June 19, 2008 in
Malaysia.
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Exhibition & presentation
Tamara Šenekar
Tamara Senekar was born in Belgrade on 17 October 1983, in 2002 she completed
School of Design, the department of package design. In 2005 she graduated School of
Fine and Applied Arts, department of graphic design and from 2005-2006 she granted
scholarship of the Government of the Republic of Indonesian “Darmasiswa” to study
at ISI Denpasar (Institute Seni Indonesia) in Bali island, where she has explored and
study Balinese “wayang” batik painting, ornaments, dance, culture and language.
Tanja Djokić
Tanja Djokic is was born in Pristina on 22 September 1970, for four years she spent
education in the USA at McAteer School of Art in San Francisco, California. After that
she studied at Faculty of Fine Arts at department of painting in Belgrade and Pristina
and graduated in 1997 in class of Prof. Hilmija Catovic. Tanja Djokic postgraduated
studies in painting on year 2000. From 2003-2004, she was granted scholarship of
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia “Darmasiswa” to study in Indonesian
Institute of Art in Bali. Tanja has participated in more than 100 group and 18 solo exhibitiona in New York, Bali, Jakarta, Cambridge, Lexington, Paris...
Dragana Mladenović
Dragana Mladenovic was born in Belgrade in 1972, she graduated in Faculty of Fine
Arts in Belgrade, department for painting, in 1998. Dragana was granted a scholarship
of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia “Darmasiswa” to study in Faculty of
Literature and Fine Arts in Surakarta, for the periode 2003-2004 where she explored
and studied in the field of traditional Javanese wayang painting and Indonesian traditional dance. She has received several awards for painting, drawing and mosaics, and
she is also a Honorary member of the Association of contemporary artists Jakarta
(Jakarta Contemporary Painters Association) since 2004.
Goran Trifunović
Goran Trifunovic started to get interests in photography since ten years ago, he
has manu exelent photographs captured during many travelings. The exhibited photographs during the Indonesian Days in Sopot was taken during thirty days of traveling
through Indonesia in 2008, mostly in Java, Bali, Lombok and Gili islands.
Marija Savin
Marija Savin is a publicist and travel writer who has spent one part of her life in Indonesia
where she experienced many beautiful memories during her trips across the Indonesia. Her
impressions of distant travelspublished in the travel book: Journey to the Sun (2003), Persia - a
journey through history (2004) and in contact with air (2007). She has traleved to Indonesia twice,
to the island of Bali and Java, and impressions from the trips was published in many newspapers.
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Poem & book
Viktor Lazić
A writer and world traveler from Serbia in 2009 and 2010 travel across Europe
and Asia and arrive in Indonesia. Viktor Lazic, a professional writer who works for
the Daily Press in Serbia with background education in Doctorate of law, a graduate of the Institute of Geography “Jovan Cvijic”, Serbian Academy of Science and Art
(SANU) and Ambassador of Society Bibliophile Serbia has travel across 32 countries
in order to collect data for his dissertation which turns out became stories of a great
journey. The journey was made by car from Belgrade until the North Korean border,
and continued with more than 20 types of transportation until Australia. The author
has published two books among others in 2005 titled “Goethe: Between Poetry and
Truth” and in 2006 titled “Tumaranje Zemljom Osmeha” (Navigate through the State
of Smiles), which tells about his travels in Thailand.
During his adventure he has routinely sends relevant article which has been published in the Daily Press and an additional weekly Press magazine.
The author has a special interest in Indonesian culture and had made several trips
to Indonesia studying the ethnography and culture of some people in Indonesia (especially Boti in West Timor and the Minangkabau in Sumatra).
His trip has been captured in his book titled “Veliki Avantura” (big adventure) with
the first edition print of 20,000 copies and has been sold at kiosks in Serbia and all
countries around the region. Viktor Lazic say that this book has been dedicated for
almost half of his journey in the Indonesian archipelago (Java, Bali, Lombok, Komodo,
Sumbawa, Flores and West Timor). On October 22, 2010, in order to promote the
book, the embassy had been present and support the promotional events with performance of Balinese dance.
The author also plan at the beginning of 2011 to published book that tells about his
whole experience and research conducted during his travel to Sumatra.Veliki Avantura tell a story about a journey crossing 140,000 km in 421 days through 3 continents,
78 countries and 648 historic monuments.
On the ocassion of Indonesian Days in Sopot Culture Center on De-
cember 9, 2010, Viktor Lazić has honoured all the invitees with readings
of poetry “Sumatra” written by Miloš Crnjanski (1893-1977), a famous
Serbian poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and
a diplomat.
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Music & Dances
GA M E L A N
Gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java,
featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings.Vocalists may also be included.
The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments.A
gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together — instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.
The word “gamelan” comes from the Javanese word “gamels”, meaning to strike or hammer, and the suffix “an”, which makes the root a collective noun.
In Indonesia, gamelan usually accompanies dance wayang puppet performances, or rituals
or ceremonies. Typically players in the gamelan will be familiar with dance moves and poetry,
while dancers are able to play in the ensemble.
Traditionally gamelan music is not notated and began as an oral tradition; however, in the
19th century, the kratons of Yogyakarta and Surakarta developed distinct notations for transcribing the repertoire.These were not used to read the music, which was memorized, but to
preserve pieces in the court records.
B ALINESE
DA N C E
Balinese dances are a very ancient tradition that is a part of the religious expression
among the Balinese people. Bali dancers learn the craft as children from their mothers as young as age 10. In Balinese dance the movement is closely associated with the
rhythms produced by the gamelan, a musical ensemble specific to Java and Bali. Multiple
levels of articulations in the face, eyes, hands, arms, hips, and feet are coordinated to
reflect layers of percussive sounds.
The number of codified hand positions and gestures, the mudras, is higher in India
than in Java or Bali. It has been speculated that they have been forgotten as the dance
was transmitted from India to Java. Hand positions and gestures are nonetheless as
important in Javanese and Balinese dance as in India. Whether in India, Indonesia or
Cambodia, hands have a typically ornamental role and emphasize the dance’s delicate
intricacy.
Cendrawasih dance
Cendrawasih Dance is a dance to describe the beauty of the Bird of Paradise in the wild,
danced in pairs. Cendrawasih is one of the types of birds that have beautiful feathers. The
Dance tells about life of one the most beautiful bird in Indonesia called Cendrawasih in the
mountain when the mating season come.
Topeng Tua dance
Topeng Tua is one of the most famous Balinese dances with masks. This dance depicts the
old worrior and former minister who is recollecting of his heroic past. The main characteristic of this dance is the contrast between the old and weak body of the main character and
his striving to live again through the past moments of glory, streinght and youth which are
irreversiblylost.
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Photo by Goran Trifunović
Indonesia, 2008
hoto gallery
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Painting Exhibition
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Cocktail
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Photo Exhibition
Music & Dance performance
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Films
Presentations
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edia clipping
“ Life of sea “ by Tanja Djokić
Darmasiswa scholar generation 2003-2004
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Blic daily, 08.12.2010.
“Dani Indonezije u Sopotu”
Centar za kulturu Sopot organizovaće po prvi put od 9. do 15. decembra, manifestaciju “Dani Indonezije
u Sopotu”.
Ova manifestacija organizovana je na inicijativu Društva srpsko-indonežanskog prijateljstva “Nusantara” iz
Beograda i uz podršku ambasade Indonezije. Manifestaciju će otvoriti ambasador Indonezije u Beogradu
Semuel Samson.
Posetioci će moći da pogledaju izložbu slika stipendista Vlade Republike Indonezije, akademskih slikara
Dragane Mladenović,Tanje Đokić i Tamare Šenekar i uživaju u tradicionalnoj indonežanskoj muzici i plesu.
Tokom trajanja manifestacije prikazivaće se i indonežanski filmovi, a posetioci će moći da se upoznaju
sa edukativnim programima i mogućnošću usavršavanja u Indoneziji u okviru programa stipendije “Darmasiswa”. Najavjena je i prezentacija „Indonezija u senci vulkana i bojama orhideja” publiciste i svetskog
putnika Marije Savin.
Indonezija i Srbija već više od 60 godina imaju tradicionalno bliske i prijateljske odnose.
Glas Javnosti, 08.12.2010
Dani Indonezije u Sopotu od 9. do 15. decembra
BEOGRAD, (Tanjug) - Centar za kulturu Sopot, na inicijativu Društva srpsko-indonežanskog prijateljstva
“Nusantara” iz Beograda i uz podršku ambasade Indonezije, organizovaće po prvi put u Sopotu, od 9.
do 15. decembra, manifestaciju “Dani Indonezije u Sopotu”. Manifestaciju će sutra otvoriti ambasador Indonezije u Beogradu Semuel Samson, a posetioci će moći da pogledaju izložbu slika stipendista Vlade
Republike Indonezije, akademskih slikara Dragane Mladenović, Tanje Đokić i Tamare Šenekar i uživaju u
tradicionalnoj indonežanskoj muzici i plesu. Indonezija i Srbija, kako je navedeno u saopštenju Centra za
kulturu Sopot, više od šest decenija imaju tradicionalno bliske i prijateljske odnose. Indonezija je četvrta
najmnogoljudija država u svetu, sa 238 miliona stanovnika, istaknuta je članica Pokreta nesvrstanih zemalja
(PNZ) i sve uticajnije Grupe 20 (G-20) najrazvijenijih država sveta koje su u usponu i država sa bogatim
kulturnim nasleđem i raznolikim folklorom.Tokom trajanja manifestacije, stanovnici Sopota će imati priliku da pogledaju indonežanske filmove, kao i da se upoznaju sa edukativnim programima i mogućnošću
usavršavanja u Indoneziji, u okviru programa stipendije “Darmasiswa”. Najavjena je i prezentacija „Indonezija u senci vulkana i bojama orhideja” publiciste i svetskog putnika Marije Savin.
Danas daily, 07.12.2010
Dani Indonezije u Sopotu
Na inicijativu Društva srpsko-indonežanskog prijateljstva „Nusantara”, a uz podršku Ambasade Indonezije Centar za kulturu Sopot organizuje od 9. do 15. decembra, po prvi put u Sopotu, manifestaciju „Dani Indonezije u Sopotu”.
Svečano otvaranje manifestacije i izložbe slika stipendista Vlade Republike Indonezije, akademskih
slikara Dragane Mladenović,Tanje Đokić i Tamare Šenekar, održaće se sutra, u 19 časova u Centru
za kulturu u Sopotu. Manifestaciju će otvoriti ambasador Indonezije Semuel Samson, a specijalno
za ovu priliku gosti će moći da vide indonežanski tradicionalni ples i da slušaju gamelan orkestar,
tradicionalnu indonežansku muziku.
Tokom trajanja manifestacije, stanovnici Sopota će imati prilike da gledaju indonežanske filmove, da
se upoznaju sa edukativnim programima i mogućnošću usavršavanja u Indoneziji u okviru programa
stipendije Darmasiswa, kao i da upoznaju raznoliki živi svet i kulturu zemlje, u okviru prezentacije
„Indonezija u senci vulkana i bojama orhideja”, publiciste i svetskog putnika Marije Savin.
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T
he team
GAMELAN TEAM
Sutikno Sukiban
Mira Sutikno
Dyanih Mahesti
Mirjana Jankovic
Ramon Tommy Sirait
Benny Enrico
Marko Jelic
Nebojsa Pavlovic
Darko Vidakovic
Boris Jelocnik
Boris Vancev
THE DANCERS
Nevena Ugrenović
Marija Ćosović
Ivana Ašković
THE EXHIBITORS
Tamara Senekar
Dragana Mladenovic
Tanja Djokic
Goran Trifunovic
THE PRESENTATIONS
Ance Maylany
Marija Savin
THE FILMS
“Laskar Pelangi”
“Ayat Ayat Cinta”
“ Mountain as symbol of universe“
by Dragana Mladenović
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Darmasiswa scholar generation 2003-2004
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W
ords of gratitude
Thank you and our appreciation to all parties involved….
The Indonesian Days held in Sopot Culture Center on December 9-15, 2010 has received a very
warm welcome by the Serbian people and the community in Sopot.
Sopot Culture Center was visted by many citizens of Sopot during one week where they could
see and learn more about Indonesia and its rich culture in many angles, from the photo objective, paintings, music dan dances, films and presentations.
The enthusiasm of the people of Sopot has shown
the Indonesia’s strong bonds with Serbia that has
started since 60 years ago and that last until now.
To this, we would like to say many thanks and sincere appreciation to all parties involved and making
this event sucess.
Special thanks to all members of Friendship Association of Serbia and Indonesia “Nusantara”, Municipality of Sopot, Culture Center of Sopot, members
of the dance and music ensemble of the Indonesian
Embassy in Belgrade, painters Tamara Senekar, Tanja
Djokic and Dragana Mladenovic, and to Goran Trifunovic. Most of all, thank you to all friends and citizens of Serbia, especially of Sopot.
Terima kasih !
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“ Mountain as symbol of universe“
by Dragana Mladenović
Darmasiswa scholar generation 2003-2004
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Art, Culture & Music
Connects people of Indonesia and Serbia
Published by:
Social, Culture and Information Department
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
www.deplu.go.id/belgrade