Click for updates & pictures from Bapak Waleed & the ISFA's summer tour to Indonesia, including Padang, Bukittinggi, and other locales,
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Camar Putih, Silat Tradisional School, West Sumatra
Consul General Ibu Trie Edi Mulyani; Phone: 212-879-0600
Ambassador H.E. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat; Phone: 202-775-5200
Consul General Hidayat Karta Hadimadja; Phone: 312-920-1880
Consul General H. Yudhistiranto Sungadi; Phone: 415-474-9571
Consul General Subijaksono Sujono; Phone: 213-383-5126
Phone: 713-785-1691
Ambassador Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady; Phone: 212-972-3333
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Bapak Waleed was invited up onto the main stage, with other dignitaries and officials, for the opening ceremonies of 'Pekan Budaya Sumatera Barat 2008,' the week-long Cultural Festival in Padang in July, 2008.
Bapak Waleed also met with the Mayor of Padang, Walikota Fauzi Bahar, as well as professors, researchers, and officials at Andalas University and other top schools throughout West Sumatra.
The tour also featured visits throughout the city of Padang, and also a road trip up into the mountains, through Padang Panjang, to the Tanah Datar regency and Batusangkar, where there are currently efforts underway to reconstruct the King's Palace 'Istano Basa Pagaruyung', and also to Bukittinggi, a 'cultural capital' of West Sumatra.
West Sumatra Web Portal
Photo Gallery
Geography & Landscapes
Arts & Culture
International Silat Federation of America
Meditations in Motion 
Spiritual Dance
Silat Training
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