Indonesia Participates at the Sziget Festival in Budapest

On August 13, 2006, cultural group of the Indonesian Embassy with 16 musicians and dancers participated in the Sziget Festival (www.sziget.hu), which is one of the biggest multi-cultural outdoor event in Europe. At the Afro-Latin Stage, for  approximately 30 minutes, the cultural group of the Embassy played Sundanese traditional music and performed West Java and Balinese dances accompanied by the gamelan music.

Due to its uniqueness, the Indonesian Cultural show caught remarkable attention and appraisal from hundreds of audience, mostly young generation Therefore it was a variation of modern-pop alternative culture which dominated the event.

The-14^th  Sziget Festival was opened on August 9, 2006 and ended on August 16, 2006, approximately attended by 350.000 people. There were 25 stages on the festival area hosting 252 performances from 44 countries and 500 other performances from Hungarian participants. At the festival there were performed the famous group of bands, well-known musicians, dances, acrobats and theater groups. The performance of Indonesian Embassy was intended to promote Indonesian culture especially for young generation in Hungary.