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.
Tickets are on sale at the EMU Tick
et Office and cost $6.50 for students
and $8.00 for the general public.
E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie
at daniellegillespie@clailyemerald.com.
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