ETHNOS
(daily
newspaper)
26
August 2004
FROM
INDONESIA
A
bus – theatre travels the Peloponese
The traveling show ‘Stage
Bus’, which started out yesterday (25/8), will be touring the seven
Peloponnesian prefectures until the 14th of September,
performing songs, music, dance, shadow theatre and video projections in
the framework of the Cultural Olympiad. Their first stop was Nafplion
yesterday. Today they will be performing in Argos and tomorrow they will
be in Kiveri, at the municipality of Lerna with singing, music, dancing,
shadow theatre and video projections.
More
specifically, this moving theatre (which belongs to the JakArt cultural
organization, supported by the Indonesian government) is attached to the
specially transformed, multi-purpose bus (The Stage Bus) which has all the
necessary equipment, such as a screen for shadow theatre, video
projectors, a grand piano, a drum set, etc.
The
initiative
The
programme
of the tour includes singing, dancing, music and Indonesia’s own
traditional shadow theatre in every town-stop. The space and the programme
of each event may be altered according to the needs (programme
a-la-carte).
Referring
to this artistic event, the president of OPEP Mr Stamatis Mavros mentioned
yesterday that it is a production which aims at the decentralization of
cultural events. This 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”, he stressed.
The ambassador of the Republic
of Indonesia to Greece, Mrs. Faishah Soeftendi, while thanking the the
Greek government, the Ministry of Culture and OPEP for their co-operation,
mentioned 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.