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This morning while watching television, I saw on the news show on private television station about world dance day. Solo citizens and artists who were there celebrate it. The celebration began at 6:30 in the morning. In the television screen, I could see a convoy of an artist riding delman. There are also some dancers who will dance for 24 hours, starting at 7:00 until 7:00 on the day after. The celebration centered on the campus of the Indonesian Solo Arts Institute in Kentingan

For me it sounded a little strange because its the first time I hear there is a world dance day on April 29. To get rid of curiosity, I also seek to know their origins through cyberspace.

When searching using the Indonesian language, I did not find any articles or documents that explain the world of dance today.
Then I searched using English, the world dance day and then finally appear. Here the explanation :

International Dance Day (World Dance Day) has been celebrated on April 29 through promotion by the International Dance Council (CID), an umbrella organization within UNESCO for all kinds of dance.

The holiday was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the UNESCO International Theater Institut. The date was suggested by Pyotr Gusev to commemorate the birth of Jean Georges Noverre.

Among the goals of the Dance Day are to increase the awarness of the importance of dance among the general public, as well as to persuade governments all over the world to provide a proper place for dance in all systems of education, from primary to higher.

Every year, there is special message commemorating world dance day. Here's a message for this year :

The official message for

Dance Day
29 April 2010



The United Nations proclaimed 2010 as International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures and designated UNESCO as lead agency in this celebration, having regard to its experience of more than 60 years in advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples.

Irina Bokova, the new Director-General of UNESCO, has proposed a universal vision, which she has called the “new humanism”; a vision open to the entire human community, providing a humanist response to globalization and crisis, aiming at the safeguarding of social cohesion and the preservation of peace.

Dance, being a central part of every culture, constitutes the ideal means for bringing
together people from different countries. Festivals promote in the most lively manner reciprocal knowledge and respect of diversity; there are hundreds of millions attending international dance festivals each year. Teachers offering classes in foreign countries provide immediate bridges of understanding ingrained into the bodies of dancers; there are tens of thousands of dance teachers crossing national borders yearly.Congresses and open conferences provide opportunities to showcase one's work to an audience of peers; there are dozens of international meetings of dance researchers, historians and critics in any given year.

Even outside festivals, classes or conferences, simply watching on television a dance from a foreign country offers the most striking, appealing and convincing image of another ethnic group.

For vividly illustrating cultural diversity, for embodying rapprochement, there is no better means than dance.


Prof. Alkis Raftis
President of the International Dance Council CID
UNESCO, Paris

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After seeing for a moment, I understand why today the world of dance was held. Because art is so universally expected to be able to unite the difference. Thus writing about the dance world today. hopefully can add to the knowledge the reader friends. God Bless Indonesia.



Writer, Matt Christian..


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Recent months Susno Duadji name more often heard. Former Indonesia Police Headquarters Kabareskrim has become the public spotlight due to his statement that revealed the disgrace on the institution of the Indonesian Police. This involves the mafia tax case who dragged a number of top brass in the Police. Beginning with the name Gayus Tambunan, an employee of the Directorate General of Taxation to the most recent one had that initials is SJ. His courage to reveal the cases that occurred deserves thumbs up. How not, now he has been likened to fight the institution where he heads. Various threats have been received. Even he had to move around from one place to other and just stay in one place at most 5-6 hours. He also became a suspect in the case of violations of codes of ethics and discipline. Although so many parties to question his motivations. Many blamed this action only response or heartache over his removal due to the case of Century Bank.


Slightly turned back to the rear. Previously, while he still as Kabareskrim on Indonesia Police Headquarters, he has been accused of accepting bribes amounting to IDR 10 billion from Anggodo Widjojo to help his brother, Anggoro Widjojo who is involved in corruption cases. In short, due to public pressure and also Team 8 (which an independent team that president formed) last on 24 November 2009 Komjen. Pol. Drs. Susno Duadji dismissed as Indonesia Police Headquarters Kabareskrim. Until now he only became a high-ranking non-jobs officer in the Police.


The latest news about Susno, on the stairs 12 April 2010, he was arrested by police Propam at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for reasons not ask permission to travel abroad to his superiors.
He was taken to Indonesia Police Headquarters and examined for about 5 hours.

Apart from whatever motive, we must support the steps taken by Susno Duadji. Since this is associated with greater interest than the busy discussing the interests of the individual. Some groups on the social networking site has been created to support the tracks. Because it is better first priority to the settlement of tax cases mafia problem is to create an institution that is credible and trustworthy police. God bless Indonesia.

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On April 2, 2010, Christians people commemorate the death of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Good Friday. Then 3 days later, we commemorate the day of His resurrection, which is Easter. Easter tradition in one of which was handed out Easter eggs. Although lately I have rarely seen it done. Maybe because there are changes in age or habit. Suddenly I flashed my mind a question, what is the relationship between eggs and Easter? Where did the origin of this tradition?

Then I began searching in cyberspace a.k.a internet about it. At the time I wrote the Easter on its search box, appears the definition of Easter and on to second place there on Easter eggs, then I click. In the post notified as follows:


Easter eggs originated from the tradition of Indo-European fertility where the egg is a symbol of spring. In the past, in Persia, ordinary people endow each egg at the time of the celebration of spring, which for them also marks the beginning of the new year.

In the first centuries of Christianity, this tradition is difficult to remove because it happened to Easter Day falls on every early spring. Celebration of spring is always celebrated with great fanfare to accompany the joy of winter left. Plants and flowers begin to grow and bloom, and the atmosphere was fun like this be a good time for handing out gifts.

Handing out eggs at Easter is finally accepted by a church other than to celebrate the coming of spring, also because the eggs give / symbol in life. In Christianity, the egg get the religious meaning, namely as a symbol of the stone tomb where Jesus came out to welcome a new life through his resurrection. There was also a very practical reason for making the Easter egg as a special sign, that is because once the egg is one food abstinence during Lent. Christians from the beginning has been coloring Easter eggs with bright colors, ask for blessings upon it, ate it, and give them to friends and friends as Easter gifts.


So was the tradition of Easter eggs originated from mainland Europe and Persia to mark the turn of the spring season. Where is the egg symbolizes spring. Then the tradition spread to the distribution of Easter eggs. It turned out that way. I think there is something special.

I also get an information the most expensive Easter eggs in the world are creations of an artist Peter Carl Faberge French (1846 - 1920) the price per egg no one under ten million dollars. In celebration of Easter in 1884, Faberge eggs made of gold decorated with diamonds and diamond-laced to Tsar Alexander III. Decorative eggs were made as gifts for the consort of Tsar. Faberge decorative eggs made approximately as many as 54 points. Now, eight grains of them missing. The rest were collected by the richest people in the world, including the Queen of England and member of the Kingdom of Monaco.

Wow, what an expensive eggs. I wonder what happen if anyone found the lost one and just threw it because they think it just a toy egg. So pity for them. Hehehe. So this is the final of my writings, I hope to increase the knowledge of the reader. God Bless you all.

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After sign in as a laboratorry assistance year ago, Tomi had been promoted as a new Suppervisor. Mr Hendry, his best friend, want to congratulate him with a letter.

Dear Tomi,

Hello, Tom. I want to offer you my sincere congratulation for your appointment as a Suppervisor in our laboratory. I was very glad to hear that. I am delighted that your hard work and talent have been rewarded.

I hope this laboratory will become better with you as the suppervisor. So I will wait an invitation to celebrate this happy moment. In the meantime, I wish you every success.


Yours Sincerely


Hendry Meilano T.