• International Silat Federation of America at Yale

  • Traditional Indonesian Dance

    Photo By Michael J. Lowe

    ISFA@Yale holds practice sessions, performances, and workshops in the Traditional Dances of the Minangkabau Culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia.  In West, Sumatra, the traditions and culture of the people, including their theater, dance, and music, play a vital role in bringing the community together.  Children learn traditional dance from a young age, and the Minang people have preserved adab and adat within the traditional arts for centuries.


    Click to visit the website of Syofyani's Traditional West Sumatra Music & Dance Ensemble, a group which travels worldwide performing "The Legendary Arts of Minangkabau Traditional Dances"


    Click to learn more about the Minangkabau culture... 

    Bapak Waleed world-renowned educator, artist, and choreographer Leonardo J. Stoute, Bapak Waleed has spent the last three decades traveling and ...

    Click to see Bapak's Bio & Instructor Profile


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    Upon his return to campus, Bapak visited with David Heiser at  the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, to share... 

    Silat Tradisionale: West Sumatra