every year since I've been here, the UEA has always held an International Party...and every year the Indonesians always contribute a dance and set up a stall. Unfortunately, I was away for 2 of the years, and could not take part.
This year, however, after 2 years being absent from the dance, I decided...what the hell...it'll be my last time (hopefully...as I don't want to prolong this degree...amin amin amin insha Allah)
The first year we did the Aceh Saman Dance which took us a couple of weeks to learn, but we pulled it off brilliantly !!!
This year since we had
Tita here - and she's a former finalist of Ab-Non Jakarta Selatan....we thought we'd do something different...so we danced a Betawi Dance...or Ngibing.
For the food we decided to cook 2 savory snacks and 2 sweet snacks. So we made Risoles and Perkedel Jagung, and Ongol2 and Bolu Kukus...and as usual, our stall was one of the first to clear the table despite making 200 of each snack...The door opened at 7pm and by 7:20 we were clearing up already...
Under the direction and Choreography of Tita and Andi, we rehearsed diligently almost twice a week and I have to say we did great!! We had so much support from not only the others who were here...but also from family and friends back home.
So...to those who made all of this possible...Thank you!!!
The Dancers comprised of PPI Norwich friends:
- Ratih, Alex, Ima, Tita, Andi, Nicholas, Martin + Bang Edo (who practiced with us and was supposed to perform but had to pull out at the last minute as he had to fly home for his mom's funeral :(
- plus our "honorary Indonesians" (Salma, Sarah, Yuko, Rachel)
We'd like to thank in Jakarta:
- Kak Yiya & Bunda Ari: for bargaining in Mayestik for the sarongs, batik pants and kebaya.
- Tita's mom: For the guy's peci
- Tante Mamih: kebaya
- Lisa (& Adrie): the fans
- Tita's friends: for the song
We can't also thank enough those in Norwich:
- Kak Jo & Lany: camera, and moral support
- Katherine, Tia & Vivi: support and a great audience during rehearsal
- Tony & Diah and Tania & Amir: help with cooking and moral support and tending to the stall
Anyway...if you'd like to see the video of our dance just click the links below:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7iuxNjxMA#GU5U2spHI_4or
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDjqPGvQRw&feature=user(some of the photos are courtesy of Sarah and Rachel, and also from the International Party Committee - Thanks!! )
