Gamelan Sekar Jaya

An annual festival of Dance, Music & Food.
Saturday, July 31st 11am-4pm
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Indonesia Day is an annual event to promote Indonesian culture to the people of the Bay Area. This year's theme will be called LAWANG—"A Door". Through this door, we are inviting people to peek into Indonesian life and culture here in the US.

Recognized as the “finest Balinese gamelan outside of Indonesia” (Indonesia’s news magazine Tempo),  Oakland's own Gamelan Sekar Jaya will perform Balinese music and dance with two of it's ensembles: the Angklung, a bronze ensemble with a delicate and gentle sound; and the Gong Kebyar, popular in Bali for it's energetic rhythms and exuberant sound. Gamelan Sekar Jaya will present both traditional and newly composed works, led by two world-renowned Balinese artists— composer I Dewa Putu Berata and dancer Ni Ketut Sri Laksmi. These ensembles will be accompanied by the refined beauty of Balinese dance.

Since 1994, Indonesia Day continues to be the biggest Indonesian event in the United States. Indonesia Day 2010 will feature performance of traditional and contemporary Indonesian dances and music from various Indonesian islands.

This year’s lineup includes, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Gamelan X, Tania Gunadi, Meeghan Henry, Alfred Wellyanto & his band.