Foreign Students (Darmasiswa) in all Indonesian Universities Parting
Jakarta, 19 to 21 April 2011. Twenty three foreign students of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan from China, Philippines, Thailand and Egypt went to Jakarta to attend Indonesian foreign students parting in Wisma Lampung, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. They went to Jakarta on Tuesday 19th April 2011 by plane. This event was held by Indonesian Ministry of Education (Departemen Pendidikan Indonesia) and attended by all of foreign students in Indonesian universities.
In opening ceremony, foreign students of UAD permformanced as the last performace. They performanced Jagad Bengkah theater, it’s meant broken earth. It told about the condition of Merapi mountain before and after Erupting six months ago. This theater also gave advice to keep our earth together. Foreign students (darmasiswa) of UAD got standing applause from all of the attendants. They appreciated moral advice in the story and also expectional performance.
The second day, all foreign students learned Indonesian culture like Batik Cirebon, carving statues, marriage ceremony and welcome dance from Lampung. In the evening, parting ceremony were attended by all of foreign students, staffs of International Office, ambassadors and Minister of Indonesian nasional education, Mohammad Nuh. In this ceremony was performed Bali dance, Aceh ‘saman’ dance, Topeng dance, etc.
The third day, Darmasiswa of UAD backed to Yogyakarta by bus. On the way to Yogyakarta, they stoped by In Bandung. In Bandung they enjoyed traditional food of Bandung such as Lalapan, sambal, sayur asem, etc. Besides that they bought presents like dodol garut,wayang, angklung, etc.
