Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang
The Jakarta Deutsche International Schule (DIS) will host a cultural festival for German International students throughout Asia at its campus at Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang.
Hundreds of students from Bangkok Deutschsprachige Schule, Mumbai DSB International School, Manila Deutsche Schule, Kuala Lumpur Deutsche Schule and Singapore Deutsche Schule (including DIS) will take part in the three-day event.
"The cultural festival will focus on encouraging participating students to learn new skills and appreciate different cultures. The highlight of the festival will be a series of workshops from June 12 to 15," DIS spokeswoman Evi Royati told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
She said artistic skills and creativity would be the focus of the workshops.
The workshops would feature a number of well-known artists including a painting workshop taught by Teguh Ostenrik, mural painting by Thana Sundarraj, modern dance by Chendra Panatan and choir by Christa Folsterer.
Those interested in handicrafts would have the opportunity to learn batik, pottery and Balinese carving.
The school would also hold animation and comic making workshops and a fashion modeling class taught by designer Harry Darsono.
Evi said, "The festival will be an assembly point and cultural exchange for more than 200 students representing German International schools in six Asian countries".
She said participants and visitors would see and hear new things and gain an introduction to German culture and the diversity of Asian cultures.
The German international school, which offers a range of education programs from play group to senior high school, began admitting Indonesian students in 2000.
Records from the past two years showed 20 percent of German-speaking students at the school aged between 3 and 19 were Indonesian.
In 2005, a trilingual elementary school also opened. Students from first grade onward have classes in three languages -- English, Indonesian and German.
Each school was allowed to decide what their pupils presented at the festival, Evi said, ranging from theater to film, orchestra, band, poetry reading or dance.
Evi said, "The stage will provide opportunities for participating students or visitors to show spontaneous creativity in groups or as individuals".
The festival would end with the presentation of student work from the workshops.
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