Java Chic, the javanese diary

javvachic -  Pekalongan Menari , a local traditional dance group representing Indonesia participated along with other 21 countries for a contribution to the World's Peace mission through dancing. How was it possible? Well here's our story...  January 2018 : a dance challenge was offered by Isman Habibillah from Global Peace Foundation, a film maker enthusiast. I did not take long to say yes as the idea seems to be a wonderful project to promote culture & tourism. Then I made some research, and together with my partner Ms Arofah Arie from Surya Budhaya we discussed some ideas with our choreographers Cahya & Arief, a dancer architect. So we began to  select dancers and finally a team including 11 performers was formed to render a traditional dance adapted from the coastal area and based on the urban legend intitled " Tari Sintren ", beautify with modifications. T he original Sintren art is a kind of believe it or not performance to see from your own eyes; kno