Kesatuan Bangsa School Yogyakarta Dance Team m\u00e0de up of 25 Junior and Senior Secondary School students achieved the ultimate success coming \u00e0way with numerous awards at tge XII International Folklore Festival Interfolk in St. Petersburg, Russia from14-17 November 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterfolk in Russia\u201d is an annual festival in St. Petersburg aimed at developing mutual understanding of cultures, strengthening solidarity, mutual cultural enrichment, and promoting international cultural exchange and cooperation.<\/p>\n
The festival attracted 13 participating countries, including USA, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Latvia, France, Portugal, Russia (Moscow, St.Petersburg, Tver, Beryozovsky, Obinsk, Naberezhyne Chelny, Yakutsk, a\u00f1d Irkutsk.), Sri Lanka, and Turkey.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the festival in St. Petersburg, the Kesatuan Bangsa School Dance Team visited the Indonesian Embassy in Moskow and met the Ambassador and staff. Tje Ambassador for the Feration of Russia and the Republic of Belarus, M. Wahid Supriyadi, extended his highest appreciation for the team\u2019s success. According to the Ambassasor, Mr Wahid, the team\u2019s performance has played a role in Indonesia\u2019s cultural diplomacy in Russia.<\/p>\n
The enthusiasm of the students saw them perform their very best from the preliminary rounds through to the grand final. Not only did the official judges judge their performances, the audience also took part in the judging.<\/p>\n
The team were awarded:<\/p>\n
Grand Prix
\nFirst Laurette Category Folk Dance
\nSpecial Prize of The Jury \u2014 For the highest level of performance skills 4. Special Prize of The Jury \u2014 For the best musical accompaniment of the competition program.
\nSpecial Prize of The Public.
\nStar of Interfolk \u2014 1st Prize
\nThe \u2018Star of Interfolk\u2019 award was for the audience\u2019s favourite performance and the voting was done by all St. Petersburg citizens watching the performance. The voting was done by each member of the audience beeing given a slip of paper with team names on it, and they then chose their favourite team. The voting slip results were calcul\u00e0ted and given to the judges with the result being that Indonesia had received the most votes.<\/p>\n
Thank you to everyone who gave their support, and of course to our amazing Kesatuan Bangsa School Yogyakarta Dance Team for their enthusiasm and effort in the competition resulting in such great success, and making Indonesia proud. Congratulations Kesatuan Bangsa School Yogyakarta Dance Team, we hope your success will inspire other students to give their all, just the way you did.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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