♥♥ Congratulations to INDONESIA ♥♥
♥♥ for breaking GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ♥♥
♥ 5182 Angklung played WE ARE THE WORLD in ♥
♥ Washington DC 09JUL 2011 ♥The world record for the largest angklung ensemble was set in Washington DC after 5,182 people of various nationalities turned up on Saturday to shake the traditional Indonesian bamboo musical instruments to the tune of We are the World.
The event took place during the Indonesian Festival held in an open field at The Mall a few blocks away from the White House.
Announcing the official entry, the adjudicator from the Guinness Book of Records said, “You’re unbelievable. And to think that you have never played the instrument before.”
Thousands of people responded to an invitation by the Indonesian Embassy in Washington to join in the record-breaking feat. The throng included Indonesians, Washington DC residents, friends of Indonesia and a handful of tourists.
The embassy had initially promised the Guinness Book of World Records a turnout of 5,000. There was a moment of hesitation when only 1,600 people had registered online by Friday. Many turned up on Saturday without registering.
Those who came spent half an hour in the scorching heat, with temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), to learn and practice the instruments before they got it right and had satisfied the adjudicators that it was worthy of a world record title. Each participant was given an angklung that could emit one note and each of the seven notes was designated with the name of Indonesia’s main islands.
Helping the largely novice but enthusiastic players was angklung maestro Daeng Udjo, who flew in from Indonesia. He guided the players with hand movements indicating when each group should shake its angklungs. The ensemble of amateurs practiced with familiar Western tunes including “Country Road” to help build their confidence (and more importantly Udjo’s confidence) before going for the record.
As their reward, they went home with the angklung, a batik scarf for the women and a batik head band for the men and a certificate from the Guiness Book and the Indonesian Embassy recognizing their part in setting the world record.
“This is what multiculturalism is all about,” ambassador Dino Pati Djalal said regarding the theme of the Indonesia Festival and his decision to set the world record.
The day-long festival saw a performance by the famed 1980s duo Air Supply, rapper Raheem Davaughn, the Brazilian Batala percussion band and Indonesian entertainers including Sherina Munaf and the Elfa Singers.
Source: Jakarta Post, July11 2011Labels: indonesia washington, indonesian community, Indonesian Embassy, KBRI Washington DC, Masyarakat Indonesia Washington DC
Welcome to the Indonesian Festival 2011The festival will be held
@ The Washington Monument Grounds on July 9, 2011 - 05-07 PM,
will be our first big festival in Washington, D.C. area. The festival will not only showcase various Indonesia's music, dance, martial arts and food, but also American music. And indeed, our big theme of the festival is "Celebrating Multiculturalism"! Their performance together will portray a harmony and understanding among a diverse cultural tradition which will bring people from different culture closer in a wonderful friendship.
In this festival we are planning to invite thousands people to come and join us to break a world record of " The Largest Angklung Ensemble ". You might never heard the word angklung before, but we can assure you that playing angklung instrument together is a fun thing to do and can also say that it is easy to play. It is a music instrument made of bamboo and each is specially crafted to create a certain note. To create a sound out of angklung, all you have to do is shake it from side to side.
We encourage each one of you to join this wonderful opportunity to break world record.
You can register your participation through this website http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/indonesianfestival/welcome.htm. We look forward to seeing you all to celebrate our diversity in Indonesian Festival 2011 and to break a world record of 'the Largest Angklung Ensemble'!
Thank you !
Labels: indonesia washington, indonesian Art, indonesian community, Indonesian Music, Masyarakat Indonesia
SAVE THE DATE!!
Saturday, July 16, 2011 10AM - 10PM
3457 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CAWelcome to “Indonesian Festival 2011," an annual event to commemorate our independence organized by Indonesian Consulate General and Community in Los Angeles on July 16, 2011.
This year’s festival is aimed at commemorating 66 years of Indonesian Independence. The theme of the festival, A presentation of Wonderful Indonesia for LA and Its surroundings, is indeed in line with our national strategic-positioning new branding namely “Wonderful Indonesia.”
The festival presents more than 20 groups of Indonesian traditional dancers, including groups from Jakarta. It also exhibit skillful musicians playing unique traditional musical instruments from Indonesia such as Javanese and Balinese Gamelan and North Sulawesi Kolintang. Also, scheduled to perform are some local talents and well-known Indonesian singers to perform from Indonesian Pop to keroncong and dangdut.
The festival also introduces various business and tourism opportunities from the expo of both Indonesian services and goods. A fashion show of the well-known batik brand will also take part in this event. In the meantime, the display of keris (traditional Indonesian sword) and contemporary batik will certainly enrich the event from the perspective of cultural heritage. The festival has also been a medium for local Indonesian restaurants to give opportunity to all attendees to experience amazing cuisines of our country.
Indonesian Festival 2011 is a fabulous show case of Indonesian cultural performance, bazaar cuisine and expo which is tremendously supported by the City of Los Angeles, as well as sponsors and donators of the event.
Enjoy and Cherish Wonderful Indonesia in Indonesian Festival 2011 this coming July 16, 2011. This big event will be packed with entertainments, cultural performances, Indonesian cuisine and products. FREE ADMISSION.
Labels: Indonesian Consulate, Indonesian Festival, Indonesian Los Angeles, masyarakat Indonesia Los Angeles
INDONESIAN FESTIVAL
Washington Monument National Mall
July 9, 2011
Celebrating MulticulturalismKepada Yth.
Seluruh Masyarakat Indonesia
Di Washington, DC dan sekitarnya,
KBRI Washington DC akan menyelenggarakan Indonesian Festival bertema: “Celebrating Multiculturalism” yang akan menampilkan promosi budaya, musik dan juga upaya memecahkan rekor dunia bermain angklung. Acara akan diselenggarakan pada:
Hari/Tanggal :Sabtu, 9 Juli 2011
Waktu: 11.00 – 20.00
Tempat:Washington National Monument (National Mall) di Washington, DC
Pada Festival ini akan dibuka stand/booth yang terdiri dari: trade, tourism, agriculture, education, consular service, American Companies in Indonesia, Traditional Dress Photo Studio, Batik dan Information Desk serta stand makanan Indonesia.
Panitia mengundang partisipasi masyarakat yang berminat untuk membuka stand makanan pada acara tersebut. Sesuai peraturan National Park Service, para vendor makanan diwajibkan untuk mendapatkan ijin/permit dengan cara mengisi formulir terlampir (attachment: Standard Public Health Requirements for Temporary Food Establishments). Pengajuan ijin memakan waktu 70 hari sebelum hari pelaksanaan. Mohon dibaca semua peraturan dan persyaratan yang tertera pada formulir tersebut, dimana syarat utamanya adalah harus memiliki Food Service License yang harus dilampirkan foto copy license dimaksud.
Bagi yang berminat membuka stand makanan, diharapkan kehadirannya di KBRI Washington, DC pada hari Rabu, 13 April 2011, pukul 2.00 siang dengan membawa Food Service/Safety License. Pada kesempatan ini akan dijelaskan mengenai pelaksanaan Festival khususnya stand makanan dan Panitia akan membantu dalam hal pengisian formulir.
Acara festival ini akan dimeriahkan dengan penampilan band Indonesia, tarian tradisional Indonesia, American band, Australian dance, Poco-poco serta Silat Al Azhar. Puncak acara adalah persembahan pertunjukan angklung oleh Mang Udjo sekaligus upaya memecahkan rekor bermain angklung terbesar di dunia yang dimainkan oleh warga berbagai bangsa untuk dicatat dalam Guinness World Record: “The World Largest Angklung Ensemble”. Pada acara ini ditargetkan sekitar 5000 orang akan bermain angklung.
Panitia sangat berharap, partisipasi seluruh masyarakat untuk hadir dalam acara Festival Indonesia tersebut untuk mempromosikan Indonesia, celebrating multiculturalism, serta menjadi bagian dari sejarah bermain angklung terbesar di dunia.
Untuk informasi pendaftaran booth makanan, dapat disampaikan melalui email: indofest2011@embassyofindonesia.org.
Mari kita sukseskan Indonesian Festival 2011 !!!
Terima kasih.
Fungsi Penerangan
KBRI Washington, DC
Labels: indonesian community, Indonesian Embassy, Indonesian Event, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Traditional Music, KBRI Washington DC, Masyarakat Indonesia
"AMERICAN BATIK" DESIGN COMPETITION
April - November 2011The Spirit of America in the Heritage of Batik
ABOUT "AMERICAN BATIK" DESIGN COMPETITIONThe Indonesian Embassy in Washington D.C. and Indonesian Consulate Generals in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston are proud to launch a competition on "AMERICAN BATIK" DESIGN with the theme
"The Spirit of America in the Heritage of Batik" to bring American values in the tradition of Indonesian Batik. The "AMERICAN BATIK" DESIGN COMPETITION (ABDC) is part of the efforts to strengthen Indonesian. United States cultural relations in the spirit of the
"Joint Declaration on the Comprehensive Partnership between the Republic of Indonesia and the United States of America" announced by the Head of States of the two countries in Jakarta, on November 9, 2010.
The word Batik is originally an Indonesian-Malay word which means to dot. The term Batik usually refers to two meanings namely a way of painting and coloring textile using the traditional practice of dying cloth through wax resist method; and textile/garment with distinct pattern. This art of designing textile is widely spread in the Hindu and Malay world and has become the part of cultural identity. The tradition of Batik is very popular and well maintained as well as nurtured not only in the Island of Java, but also across the Indonesian Archipelago.
Batik always has a special place in the cultural life of Indonesians, and in October 2009, UNESCO has acknowledged and positioned Batik of Indonesia in UNESCO's Representative List of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
The main purpose of this competition is to make Batik goes global. At the same time, this competition will promote Indonesian cultural heritage through Batik to the American people and bring closer the Indonesian creative culture to American innovative popular culture. It is expected that this competition will facilitate the creation of Batik designs or pattern with the touch of American values and spirit. Hopefully, this competition will also bring about Indonesian Batik as fashion reference and commodity to the United States and the world.
PRIZES
The competition offers total prize money for 3 winners and favorite designs.
JUDGES AND PROCESS OF COMPETITION
Judges will consist of Batik and textile experts as well as fashion designers and
representatives of fashion industries from Indonesia and the U.S. The selection of winners will follow four steps:
- Registration and Submission of digital designs. The 50 best American batik designs will be selected as semi finalists.
- Semi-final. 20 best designs will be selected as finalists and will be exhibited at the Indonesian Festival, July 9 in DC. These 20 designs will then be made into Batik Textiles in Indonesia, and the winners will be announced at the final session.
- Final selection. The 20 batik textiles will be reviewed by the judges. 3 winners and 3 runner up winners will be selected.
ELIGIBILITY TO ENTER THE COMPETITIONParticipants interested in taking part in this competition must be a U.S. citizen with minimum age of 16 years at the time of registration. Participants will be required to submit online one Batik design through digital portfolio/media. At the semi and final session, preselected participants will be required to provide the printed products of the earlier submitted design. Students and graduates from School of Arts and Designs (e.g. textile design) are highly encouraged to apply. Interested participants should apply online via www.embassyofindonesia.org
TIMELINE
Events TIME
- Launching of Competition Washington DC, NY, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
April 8 : Washington DC
May 11 : New York (tentative)
May 19 : Chicago (tentative) April-May4 - Registration and designs submission April Week IV - June IV
- Selection of designs June I - IV
- Semi final July I - II
- Selection of designs II (semi final) July III - July IV
- Workshop, Final and Award Ceremony in San Francisco 14-16 November 2011
CONTACTSFor more information, please contact:
- The Embassy of Indonesia (Washington DC)
Dara Yusilawati (Ms)
Phone : +1 (202) 775 5226
Email : dyusilawati@embassyofindonesia.org
- The Consulate General of Indonesia in Houston
Irma Nadjamuddin (Ms)
Phone : +1 (713) 7851691 ext. 109
Email : irmandz@yahoo.com
- The Consulate General of Indonesia in Chicago
Sylvia Shirley Malinton (Ms)
Phone : +1 (312) 759 7453 (direct)
Fax : +1 (312) 920 1881
Email : information@indonesiachicago.org
- The Consulate General of Indonesia in Los Angeles
Fiki Oktanio (Mr)
Phone : +1 (213) 383 5126 ext. 13
Email : f_oktanio@yahoo.com
- The Consulate General of Indonesia in New York
Lintang P. Wibawa (Ms)
Phone : +1 (212) 879 0600 ext 3213
Fax : +1 (212) 570 6206
Email : economic@indonesianewyork.org
- The Consulate General of Indonesia in San Francisco
Tb. Edwin Suchranudin (Mr)
Phone : +1 (415) 474 9571 ext. 242
Fax : +1 (415) 441 4320
Email : tbedwins@kjrisfo.net
Labels: indonesian Art, Indonesian Batik, Indonesian Chicago, Indonesian Consulate, Indonesian Culture, Indonesian Embassy
Dengan hormat kami mengundang Bapak/Ibu/Sdr./Sdri. untuk menghadiri rapat pembentukan Panitia dan persiapan rangkaian kegiatan HUT Kemerdekaan RI ke-66 yang akan diadakan pada:
Hari/tanggal : Selasa, 5 April 2011
Waktu : 19:00 — Selesai
Tempat : Gedung KJRI Los Angeles lantai V, 3457 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. 90010
Agenda :
1. Pembentukan Panitia HUT RI ke-66
2. Kalender kerja untuk rangkaian kegiatan HUT RI tahun 2011
Demikian disampaikan, atas perhatian dan kehadiran Bapak/Ibu/Sdr./Sdri. diucapkan terima kasih.
Labels: indonesian community, Indonesian Consulate, KJRI Los Angeles, Masyarakat Indonesia