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It would be something proud for sure when foreigners eager to work hard and learn our culture. This is done by Darmasiswa Students’ of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. Mo Fangyu and seven others performed traditional dance from Badui “Kembaran Putra Badui” at 19June on Panggung Rakyat: Ke-Bhineka-an Tunggal Ika in the event of commemoration Bulan Bung Karno 2012 at Nol Kilometer, Yogyakarta.

Those Chinese students were really excited at that night. That’s proved not only from the dance they had prepared hardly with their dance instructor, Mrs. Ari, since the previous time, but also the preparation for that night they started from 18.00 (while they were performing at 21:30). Their appearance attracted the attention of all participants and spectators in attendance, including visitors milling around. They were interested to see how a foreign student from China danced traditional dance from Indonesian dance and they were more amazed to learn that the Chinese students can speak Bahasa Indonesian well.

Mrs. Ari as their dance instructor said that it’s really nice to train those Darmasiswa Students because they have a great spirit to learn, discipline, and even the boys were not shy to dance and they have a great willing to learn traditional dance of Indonesia. Aini (Indonesian name of one of Darmasiswa Students said that she was really glad to be in Yogyakarta because people in Yogyakarta are really friendly, nice, and they like to smile.

That evening was the second day of the programs Bulan Bung Karno 2012, not only enlivened by Darmasiswa Students’ of Ahmad Dahlan University, but also enlivened by traditional dance performances from various regions of Indonesia that are filled by thirteen Ikatan Pelajar dan Mahasiswa Daerah (IKPMD) Indonesia in Yogyakarta, such as East Nusa Tenggara, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Central Java, West Java, Central Sulawesi, Papua, Aceh, Kepulauan Riau, South Sulawesi, Bali and Riau.