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  2. Yapong dance - Wikipedia

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    The Yapong dance was first performed to prepare for the 450th anniversary of the city of Jakarta in 1977. At that time, the Dinas Kebudayaan DKI prepared a mass dance performance with the story of the struggle of Prince Jayakarta. The performance, in the form of a ballet, was entrusted to Bagong Kussudiarjo to organize the event.

  3. Betawi mask dance - Wikipedia

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    The Betawi mask dance (Betawi: Topèng Betawi) is a theatrical form of dance and drama of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. [1] This dance-drama encompasses dance, music, bebodoran (comedy) and lakon (drama). [2] The Betawi mask dance demonstrates the theme of Betawi society life which is represented in the form of dance and drama.

  4. Ondel-ondel - Wikipedia

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    Ondel-ondel street performance usually travelling the streets of Jakarta kampungs (urban villages), and asking Money contribution from audiences and passer by. The ondel-ondel is a large bamboo-wooden puppet-mask of Betawi couple; Male and Female ondel-ondel dancing accompanied with Gambang Kromong , Betawi traditional music consist of drums ...

  5. Topeng dances - Wikipedia

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    Betawi mask dance or tari topeng Betawi is a theatrical form of dance-drama of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. [9] This dance-drama encompasses dance, music, bebodoran (comedy) and lakon (drama). [10] The Betawi mask dance demonstrates the theme of Betawi society life which is represented in the form of dance and drama.

  6. Jakarta - Wikipedia

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    Jakarta [b] (/ dʒ ə ˈ k ɑːr t ə /; Indonesian pronunciation: [dʒaˈkarta] ⓘ, Betawi: Jakartè), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital city of Indonesia and an autonomous region at the provincial level.

  7. Dance in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Papuan tumbu tanah dance. Prior to their contact with the outer world the people of the Indonesian archipelago had already developed their own styles of dancing, still somewhat preserved by those who resist outside influences and choose tribal life in the interior of Sumatra (example: Batak, Nias, Mentawai), of Kalimantan/Borneo (example: Dayak, Punan, Iban), of Java (example: Baduy), of ...

  8. Governor of Jakarta - Wikipedia

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    The Jakarta Special Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the largest city of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor , the executive head of Jakarta is a governor . The Governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, along with the vice governor and 106 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) , is ...

  9. Kecak - Wikipedia

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    A kecak dance being performed at Kolese Kanisius, Jakarta This is an example of what James Clifford describes as part of the "modern art-culture system" [ 4 ] in which "the West or the central power adopts, transforms, and consumes non-Western or peripheral cultural elements, while making 'art,' which was once embedded in the culture as a whole ...