DESTINATION -Saman Dance from Aceh

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DESTINATION -Saman Dance from Aceh or known as "thousand hands" to get a warm reception from the audience with applause and admiration when decakan appear on the main stage the World Cultural Festival, held in Dublin last weekend.

Festival that was held for two displays various arts and cultures of various ethnic groups residing in Ireland, the London Embassy spokesman said Novan Ivanhoe Antara correspondent Saleh to London, Wednesday.

He said preparations appearance Indonesian amateur dancers performed far away today and coach Meutia Verayanti Saman dance from Aceh and settled in the special didatang London to Dublin.

Meutia, Indonesian students at the London Embassy London specially imported in order to support the activities of the Indonesian community residing in Dublin, Ivanhoe Novan said Saleh.

According to Nova, Embassy London working area also includes the Irish support activities known as Laya Dublin `s Festival, DLR World Cultural Festival, to promote and introduce Indonesia to the citizens of Ireland.

He said as many as 10 folk dancers menyemarakan party in the Republic of Ireland was at the World Culture Festival which according to organizers of Indonesian dances, including a complicated dance.

Saman Dance is mentioned dance tells the epic good versus evil. "Saman" the most popular in Aceh and became famous abroad, called the "Thousand hands".

Last year, one of the dances performed at festivals Indonesian citizens are Balinese Kecak dance. This event, also made in a meeting commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia for Indonesian citizens in Ireland, he said.

According to Abdul Mudjib, one of Indonesian students who appeared in the Saman dance group, currently around 200 an Indonesian citizen living in Ireland. Most of them work in the hospitality sector.