This summer, West Sumatra hosts the Second Annual Silat Tradisional Festivale as part of Visit Indonesia 2008.
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This summer, West Sumatra hosts the Second Annual Silat Tradisional Festivale as part of Visit Indonesia 2008. For more information, feel free to contact us.
The Yale Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) has invited Bapak Waleed to lead a Wellness Program for this summer's participants. The Wellness Program will take place on Thursday, June 25, at 7pm, in The Anlyan Center (TAC) Auditorium & Foyer. If you would like to participate, contact us by email. The next SMDEP Wellness Session will be Tuesday, July 1, at 3:30pm; meeting in the Harkness Lounge.
Upon his return to the United States in June 2008, Bapak Waleed had several appointments with the members of the Indonesian Consulate General in New York. Bapak Waleed regularly reports on his progress, programs, and activities to the Consulate. Fuad Adriansyah and Lintang Wibawa, Consul and Vice Consul for Information and Cultural Affairs, were happy to meet with Bapak ...
"The Singapore Arts Festival first began life in 1977 as a national arts festival celebrating local arts activity of Singapore’s diverse communities. Over the last three decades, the Festival has played a symbiotic and catalytic role in the development of the artistic and cultural life of Singapore. It has helped to transform the city’s cultural landscape, turning it into one of Asia’s major cultural capitals today..."
MIT's Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, Gamelan Galak Tika, will give a free concert on the New Haven Green on Sunday, June 15, at 7pm, as part of the Annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas.
Each year, during the first weekend in May, the Harvard University campus celebrates the Arts in all of their forms: visual arts, performing arts, music, dance, theater, and many more. During this year's Celebration, Harvard's Leverett House invited the ISFA to present several events on the Traditional Arts & Dance of West Sumatra, Indonesia...
The Yale Indonesia Forum and Southeast Asia Studies Council present a Workshop on "Narrative, Memory, and History in Indonesian Arts, Media, and Culture" this Saturday, April 12, from 11:30-5:30 in Luce Hall. The workshop will feature three panel discussions focusing on questions on the nature of interplay between culture, identity, and modernism in Indonesia. The evening will feature a screening of the ethno documentary "Lukas' Moment" by Aryo Danusiri, about contemporary everyday life in West Papua...
New Haven's local Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) recognized and awarded its dedicated volunteers at their Annual Soup Night in April. The Unitarian Society in Hamden hosted the Annual DESK Soup Night, bringing people from the community as well as nearby schools and universities, including Quinnipiac, Yale, and Southern CT State Universities. Among the recipients of the "Outstanding Volunteer Award" was ISFA@Yale...
iDANCE for Global Health at Yale University brought together students from around the University community to support global health groups run by Yale students and alumni. The event was part of Global Health Week at Yale, which also held a week of events in February, including lectures, discussions, and a symposium with student research posters and presentations. The iDANCE marathon featured performances and lessons from several of Yale’s dance groups, including Indonesian Dance lessons and a presentation by ISFA@Yale...
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies hosted its annual Spring Festival on Saturday March 1, at Luce Hall. The Bali Extravaganza featured performances by the Gamelan Dharma Swara and Balinese Dance Troupe from the Indonesian Consulate in New York. The event attracted audience members from around the University, the community, and from as far away as New Jersey.
While Bapak Waleed spent some time in New Haven, he visited David Heiser, Head of Education and Outreach at the Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History, to present him with a Certificate of Appreciation. The Certificate read “International Silat Federation of America hereby states that David Heiser, Head of Education & Outreach, Yale Peabody Museum exemplifies the outstanding qualities...
On Saturday, January 26, 2008, the Gamlean Suprabanggo, Javanese Gamalen at Yale, held its "Inaugural Yale University Concert" at Battell Chapel. "The concert featured special guest Javanese performers Midiyanto, from the University of California - Berkeley and Sumarsam, from Wesleyan University. Expert performers from gamelan ensembles around the Northeast also joined..."
When Bapak Waleed returned after spending most of 2007 in Indonesia, he came to Yale University and led an Introductory Indonesian Dance Workshop on campus, during January 2008. During the Workshop he covered the basics of Indonesian Dance, along with the connections the Dances make with other aspects of the cultural arts of Indonesia and Southeast Asia...
International Silat Federation of America
Meditations in Motion 
Spiritual Dance
Silat Training
ISFA@Yale gives thanks and recognition to the many groups on campus and in the community who are dedicated to building bridges between communities, including:
...and many more.
Bapak Waleed returned to Yale having spent most of 2007 in Indonesia, working on cultural and educational initiatives...
Upon his return to campus, Bapak visited with David Heiser at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, to share...
Silat Tradisionale: West Sumatra
