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Indian Festival to Celebrate Culture in Indonesia - The Jakarta Globe
- Bollywood fever will be spreading throughout Indonesia this month as the Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Center hosts a series of musical and theater performances. (Photo courtesy of JNICC)
- India has a millennia-old link with Indonesia, which people in India know little about. Surprisingly, many Indonesians don’t know much about it either,” says MK Singh, director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Center.
Thousands of years ago, Java and Sumatra islands welcomed Indians to their land as traders. The Indians left behind a cultural footprint that is still visible today in Indonesia’s theater and wayang performances of Hindu epics, the hand movements of Balinese dancers and the melodies and rhythms of dangdut music.
To celebrate and strengthen this cultural collaboration, the JNICC and the Indian Embassy are presenting the Festival of India. And to ensure packed houses, all events are free.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Indian Festival to Celebrate Culture in Indonesia - The Jakarta Globe
