Introducing Indonesian Music to Foreign People
26 Agustus 2008 · 2 foto · 1 video
Mr. Johan menyediakan rumahnya di Ranca Bentang, Ciumbuleuit, untuk menyambut para tamu asing yang sedang mempelajari kebudayaan Indonesia, khususnya bahasa Indonesia. Para tamu datang dari Australia. Mereka sengaja diundang ke rumah Mr. Johan agar dapat menikmati suasana Bandung, ditemani musik instrumental dari Willy Music Entertainment.
Karena tujuannya memperkenalkan kebudayaan Indonesia, khususnya lagu-lagu Indonesia, malam itu Willy Music Entertainment membawakan banyak lagu daerah dari berbagai penjuru Nusantara. Salah satunya lagu dari Sulawesi Utara, "O Ina Ni Keke".
Lagu-lagu lain yang dibawakan di antaranya:
- Anak Kambing saya
- Hei Yamko Rambe Yamko
- Kampuang Nan Jauah di Mato
- Kicir Kicir
Selain lagu-lagu daerah, ada pula saat ketika para tamu ikut menyumbangkan lagu. Sebagian besar lagu Barat, tetapi ada juga yang sanggup menyanyikan lagu Indonesia.
Menjelang akhir acara, Pak Johan mengajak seluruh tamu menyanyikan "Kemesraan Ini", lalu disusul "Halo Halo Bandung".
Penyanyi kami pun mengajak para tamu menari sambil menyanyikan Poco Poco, dan malam di rumah Mr. Johan terasa semakin akrab.
Pada kata penutup, setelah Mr. Johan menyampaikan terima kasih, salah seorang tamu membalas dengan bahasa Indonesia berlogat asing, "Terima kasih kepada Pak Johan dan keluarga, dan juga kepada crew pemain musik.."
Sungguh suasana yang hangat, ketika kami bisa berbaur dengan orang-orang yang baru saja kami kenal. Terima kasih kepada Mr. Johan yang telah mempercayakan Willy Music Entertainment untuk menghangatkan malam perkenalan tersebut.
Mr. Johan opened his house in Ranca Bentang, Ciumbuleuit, to welcome a group of foreign visitors who were studying Indonesian culture, and the Indonesian language in particular. The guests had come from Australia. Mr. Johan invited them to his home so they could enjoy an evening in Bandung, with instrumental music from Willy Music Entertainment.
Since the aim was to introduce Indonesian culture, and Indonesian songs above all, Willy Music Entertainment played a good many folk songs from different regions of the country that night. One of them was "O Ina Ni Keke" from North Sulawesi.
Among the other songs we played:
- Anak Kambing saya
- Hei Yamko Rambe Yamko
- Kampuang Nan Jauah di Mato
- Kicir Kicir
Besides the folk songs, there were moments when the guests sang for the room themselves. Most chose Western songs, though a few managed an Indonesian one.
Towards the end of the evening, Pak Johan invited everyone to sing "Kemesraan Ini", followed by "Halo Halo Bandung".
Our singer then got the guests up to dance along to Poco Poco, and the evening at Mr. Johan's house grew warmer still.
In the closing remarks, after Mr. Johan had said his thanks, one of the guests replied in Indonesian with a foreign accent: "Terima kasih kepada Pak Johan dan keluarga, dan juga kepada crew pemain musik.." — thank you to Pak Johan and his family, and to the musicians too.
It was a genuinely warm evening, one where we could mix easily with people we had only just met. Thank you to Mr. Johan for trusting Willy Music Entertainment to warm up that night of introductions.
