Two titles for Indonesia in folkdance festival in Turkey

The JakartaPost, Jakarta | Sun, 09/18/2011

Labschool Kebayoran junior high school students who represented Indonesia in the international art and culture folkdance festival held in Bodrum, Turkey, brought home “best performance” and “best participant” titles.

The titles were received by the Indonesian contingent in the closing ceremony on Saturday evening local time, early Sunday morning Jakarta time.

“The Indonesian contingent received awards in two categories, ‘best performance’ and ‘best participant’ said parent Afrizal Akmal, as quoted by Antara news wire.

Afrizal said that the Indonesian team of 22 students performed several Indonesian traditional dances, including Lenggang Nyai, Giring-Giring, Saman and Piring dances, to impress the audience during the week-long festival.

“All dances turned the heads of the audience, especially energetic Saman dance, which received great applause," he said.