Event Schedule

Monday, July 11, 2016 - Friday, July 15, 2016

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

“Parade” 12:10 - 12:25 @Fountain
This year's Indonesian Week parade will show fancy drill, percussion performance, mass dance, and also a series of traditional Indonesian dances.

“1001 Nights” 19:45 - 21:15@Wave
This event brings the audience into an ever lasting night, where they will be amused by consecutive traditional and contemporary dances, followed by live-band music performance. We will also serve free traditional Indonesian snacks, and the audience will get the chance to learn and have fun with playing a traditional Indonesian instrument (the angklung).

“Batik Day” 12:25 - 16:05 ＠Student Hall & Event space
Batik is a uniqe and elegant cloth, and also a precious part of Indonesia's cultural heritage. We will hold an exhibition of the kinds of batik cloth from around Indonesia, and will also conduct a batik workshop where participants can craft and bring home their hand made batik.

“Indonesian Haunted House” 12:25 - 16:05 ＠Student Hall
To show how Indonesia preserves the mysticism in its culture even today, we will create a haunted house. The student hall will be designed into Lawang Sewu, one of the scariest placest in South East Asia according to National Geographic.

“Seminar Indonesia ” 10:00 - 11:30 ＠Student Hall
By inviting professional speakers, the Ambassador of Indonesia in Japan, and the Major of Trenggalek province in Central Java, we will conduct a seminar under the topic "Indonesia and the road to ASEAN Economic Community."

Grand Show “Playing God” 18:30 - (doors open 18:30)@Millennium Hall
As the climactic final event of Indonesian Week 2016, the grand show will showcase a combination of traditional performances in the form of a story that will also convey Indonesia's true colors to the audience.