Posted by Recently there was 3 hot topics on Twitter simultaneously which were all related to Indonesia.
#pendetindonesia #bali and #indonesia so needless to say, most of the international Twitter community had no clue what Pendet is all about.
Bali of course is one of the hotspots of the world when it comes to travel, but believe it or not, most of my friends in the US are not even sure what country Borneo and Bali are in as both places are much more known than Indonesia itself, and having this English language blog about Indonesia is because we want to change this.
The Pendet Dance comes from Bali. It is an offering dance, has religious background and is enjoyed by tourists because of young beautiful girls moving to music and showing their elegance and beauty.
Pendet is the presentation of an offering in the form of a ritual dance. Unlike the exhibition dances that demand arduous training, Pendet may be danced by anyone. It is taught simply by imitation.
Younger girls follow the movements of the elder women, who recognize their responsibility in setting a good example. Proficiency comes with age. As a religious dance, Pendet is usually performed during temple ceremonies. Many Malaysians claim that it is a Malaysian dance, but Malaysians also claim that a lot of the Indonesian islands should belong to them, so what else is new?
Pendet Dance from Bali
Popularity: 5% [?]
Actually, they don’t claim tari pendet comes from Malaysia. But by including it in their ad they give the impression to tourists that tari pendet is from Malaysia. Very sneaky. Regards…
IC sorta like me adding pictures of Rio di Janeiro in a post about Bali.
We here in Malaysia don’t know really, why are our brothers and sisters in Indonesia have sour feeling towards us, why suddenly? Jangan kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga or jangan marahkan nyamuk, kelambu dibakar. We are serumpun and being that we are of course share a lot of things, Saya faham apa kamu cakap … itu bahasa Indonesia kah? bahasa Malaysia kah? no problem bacause we are BROTHERS and SISTERS and don’t get carried away with small matters. As siblings we eat, sleep, solat, quarrel, laugh together … air dicincang tidak akan putus, don’t you think so? If I’m wrong, just give slap on my wrist, I’d say I’m sorry, let just forget it and get along.
@mike
it’s different.
@REza
not every Indonesian have sour feeling towards Malaysians. Sometimes it’s beyond common sense, but we do have a long history of conficts and disputes and there are some lines that shouldn’t be crossed, but crossed anyway.
why it seemed that malaysia really enjoy to do such things to our country, because if we could just take look for a while, tari pendet it’s being claims was not for the first time they have done it with their ways so many times and indonesia was really an open minded country and always give them apology even they always did the same thing again. what a great country that i had. really sorry but that’s a fact.maybe that’s why alot of people in our country was so upset.
I find it strange that we malaysians are accused of stealing the pendet dance in spite of all the explanations given. Until recently we didn’t even know that it’s called pendet and it does not exist in malaysia at all. It seems that the minority of indonesians seem to have it embeded in their thick skulls that we stole tari pendet no matter what explanations being given. Even my indonesian friends here find it peculiar with the sort of reaction by the people back in their homeland as they find it to be a non-issue among the malaysians here. We have more important issues in our daily life to think about rather than going to war over such issues. Being a keroncong musician, i find that majority of the indonesian workers here know almost nothing about keroncong. Don’t these people appreciate their culture ? Mind you keroncong was brought to Malaysia in the early part of the 20th century by javanese workers before the existence of malaysia & indonesia. Do i need permission to play keroncong ? What’s important here is if you are angry please be angry by all means with the guilty party, not with the whole of malaysia. My money was stolen by indonesian thieves a few yearsago but i’m only angry with those thieves not with indonesians in general. I don’t have any reason to hate the middle aged indonesian lady who sweeps the office floor or the indonesian manual labourer who carriers bags of cement at the construction site. Let common sense prevail, get the facts right and resolve the issue before we(malaysia & indonesia) become the laughing stock of the world!
Well, the malay claimed our tradition maybe because we didn’t keep and respect our own traditions and cultures. But that doesn’t mean I’m pro to that. I really respect the culture of Indonesia, and I don’t want other country “steal” them. But, let’s forget all the fuzz and keep our remaining culture properly, okay? There’s no use of insulting each others country. And for malaysians who respected Indonesian cultures, we are very sorry if some of the Indonesian ever said not-so-nice things. Because, some of my friends in my school kinda’ did *I’m still in 8th-grade*
Why i don’t see Indonesian bug/hassle the person or company who made the promotional short clip, that inadvertently included the Pendet image? rather than innocent ordinary Malaysians?
It seems like every other issues it was misdirected & misplaced. Everytime Malaysians & Indonesians squabble, their enemies are winning, think about it..
sangat bagus ,bagi penilaian saya dapat menambah wawasan
yah kalau di tampilkan koplit jangan smpai di akui negara lain ya cuma kasi contoh dikit aja ya biar penasaran