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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 27, April 17


                      Indonesian program on May 4
     
     Dances with the Gods will spotlight the exotic beauty
of Balinese and Javanese music and dance at a special
performance at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 4, in Pearson Hall. The
performance is free and open to the public.
     Featured will be nine Indonesian dancers and more than
30 Gamelan musicians. The 90-minute performance will open
with the "Cedug Kembang Ure," a processional, religious
dance, accompanied by traditional Balinese music, where
dancers scatter flower petals to honor the diety.
     There also will be musical selections, such as "Garuda
Anglayang," which usually is played at the opening of art
festivals in Bali.
     After a welcome by Jyo Patel, president of the Delaware
chapter of People to People International, Subekti
Dhirdjosaputro, head of the Educational and Cultural
Division of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, will
make opening remarks. Lawrence Donnelley, international
programs and special sessions, will offer closing remarks.
                                          -Marianne E. Green