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Jakarta Fair introduces culture ■The province of Jakarta will be the theme of the 15th annual Indonesian Night on Saturday By Danielle Gillespie Oregon Daily Emerald This Saturday, University stu dents will have the chance to travel to Jakarta, the capital city of In donesia, without leaving campus at the Indonesian Student Associa tion’s “Jakarta Fair,” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the EMU Skylight. The 15th annual Indonesian Night will highlight Jakarta, one of the 26 provinces of Indonesia, PER MLAS-Indonesian Student Associ ation member Dyah Soekasah said. PERMIAS member Andree Wi bowo said each Indonesian province has a different culture and language. He said each year, the people living in Jakarta have huge celebrations for Indonesia’s Inde pendence Day and other holidays, and PERMIAS wanted to bring this atmosphere of dancing, singing and games to campus. “Usually we try to represent all the provinces, but this year we are trying to introduce people to just a part of Indonesia’s culture,” Soekasah said. She said photographs and posters of Jakarta will be hung around the EMU Skylight so people can get a glimpse of the city and learn about its culture. The evening will begin with a traditional Indonesian dinner of yellow rice and chicken and will be followed by musical performances. The Indonesian Gamelan Group, a Eugene musical group with 10 members, will be playing tradition al Indonesian music. A Gamelan is a group of people playing percus sion instruments such as drums and different metal instruments na tive to Indonesia. PERMIAS members Adyatama Sumantri, Martin Santoso and Gandhi Ahimsaputra will give an acoustic performance, asking audi ence members to dance along with them as they perform. “In Jakarta, there are people on the street who will sing and dance for money, and we wanted to repli cate this,” Wibowo said. Cathylia Hartono and Frisca Pe tricia will be singing traditional folk and pop songs from Indonesia. “Not all of the songs are in the In donesian language because there are many languages throughout the country,” Petricia said. She said she will be singing two pop songs, “Penggalan Kisah Lama,” a spiritual song about find ing faith, and “Penggalan Kisah Lama,” a love song. ‘“Penggalan Kisah Lama’ is about a girl telling a boy that he is a mem ory in her heart that she will never forget,” Petricia said. The last song Petricia will be singing is “Ayam Denlapeh,” a folk song about how people should never forget their origins, and they should remember their friends no matter where they travel in life, she said. PERMIAS also will have game booths, and Indonesian games will be played at intervals in the per formance. Games will include a cracker-eating contest, where par ticipants try to eat a cracker that has been tied to a string or rope dan gling above their heads. “It is really difficult because it’s on a string, and they have to try to eat it without using their hands,” Wibowo said. Another game that will be played, called Bakiak, involves using a piece of plywood that has three straps placed across it. The game re quires that three people strap their feet to the Bakiak and attempt to walk a certain distance as a team. “The Bakiak is sort of like one big sandal,” Wibowo said. Game winners will receive sou venirs from various Indonesian provinces. 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