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August 2004 Olympic
Games / Cultural Olympiad Musical
bus on tour in Greece The 20-member ‘Stage Bus’
troupe from distant Indonesia has come to the Peloponese on its purpose
made bus carrying the necessary equipment (grand piano, drums, shadow
theatre screen etc). Last night they visited and performed in Nafplion,
Platia Kapodistria. Singing, dancing, shadow theatre and video projections
in a tour organized by the Organism for Promotion of the Greek Culture and
the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Greece in the framework of the
Cultural Olympiad. Tonight, at 9.00 they will be performing in Argos and
tomorrow at 9.30 p.m. in Lerna, at Kiveri beach. The troupe will also travel to
other towns in the Peloponese and as Stamatis Mavros, President of OPEP
declared yesterday at the press conference, “It is an event which aims
at the de-centralization of cultural events. The offering of Indonesia
brings us closer to a unique civilization in a greater area which up to
now has been a complete unknown to many of us”. On her part, the ambassador of
Indonesia said that “The active participation of Indonesia in the programme
of the Cultural Olympiad helps with the further development of
relationships on a cultural and social level between the two nations and
their people”.
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