{"id":3932,"date":"2022-12-14T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T08:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3932"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:34:33","slug":"wonderful-indonesia-npust-students-hold-culture-festival","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/news\/wonderful-indonesia-npust-students-hold-culture-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Indonesia: NPUST Students Hold Culture Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 12<sup>th<\/sup>, the NPUST Indonesian Student Association put on the \u201c2022 Wonderful Indonesia Culture Festival\u201d at the university\u2019s Shuyun Hall. The event was kicked off by NPUST vice-president Shang-Ming Ma, International College dean J.C. Leong, OIA chief of education, Ian Chang, OIA chief of cooperation, Chun-Yi Lee and other university representatives. Adding to the prestige of it all, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mr. Sandiaga Uno, made a special video to send his blessings to the organizers and participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NPUST vice-president Shang-Min Ma thanked the Indonesian Student Association for organizing the grand event, saying \u201cthrough this activity we can enjoy traditional Indonesian dance, music, and delicacies\u2014and all the participating faculty, staff and students have a chance to experience authentic Indonesian culture. We wish everyone a successful activity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International College dean J.C. Leong said \u201cthis year\u2019s Wonderful Indonesian Festival has brought us rich and exciting content. We are very appreciative of our Indonesian students\u2014Atiek Rahmawaty and her team members\u2014 for working hard for a month to prepare this festival. We hope that everyone will have fun and enjoy the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule was filled with exciting music and dance performances, including a traditional Angklung (musical instrument) performance, a dramatic Kecak Dance, a Bambu Gila dance, Pencak Silat (Malay martial arts\/ Indonesian boxing) demonstrations, a Manuk Dadali dance, and the highly popular Saman Dance (a traditional dance of the Gayo tribe in Aceh, Sumatra).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fashion and art were also on display, with Indonesian handicrafts and Batik (dyed cloth) set out for viewing, and students from Indonesia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Belize, St. Lucia, and Mexico all modeling traditional Indonesian costume in a gorgeous fashion show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it was time to eat, a variety of traditional Indonesian foods were served up, including Soto Ayam chicken soup noodle rice (one of Indonesia\u2019s national favorites), Siomay steamed fish dumplings with vegetables and peanut sauce, Es Kopyor sweet coconut drink and other traditional foods and refreshments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully the activity offered encouragement to any of the Indonesian students who might have been feeling some homesickness after being away for so long\u2014and also that teachers and students at NPUST gained a deeper understanding of Indonesia\u2019s rich and diverse culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3944,"template":"","genre":[],"colleges":[64],"visions":[31],"sdgs":[21],"class_list":["post-3932","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","colleges-office-of-international-affairs","visions-platinum-society","sdgs-sustainable-cities-and-communities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"colleges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/colleges?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"visions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visions?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"sdgs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sdgs?post=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}