Dangdut fiesta on Heroes' Day

Dangdut fiesta on Heroes' Day

SURABAYA: Top artist Camelia Malik plans to stage a Dangdut
festival, bringing some 15 top names in the Indonesian
traditional music, in November to mark the golden anniversaries
of Independence Day, Armed Forces Day and National Heroes' Day.

Camelia, also known as the queen of the traditional Indonesian
erotic dance Jaipongan, promised that the top notch singers from
the Indonesian dangdut circle would perform at the Nov. 11
festival to be held at the field of the headquarters Brawijaya
Military Command.

Admission will be free, she added.

Surabaya was the scene of fierce fighting by Indonesian youths
resisting the Dutch attempt to reimpose colonial rule in November
1945. Because of that, November 10 has since been remembered as
National Heroes' Day.

"We can't give details of the festival yet. We've just secured
the support of the governor, Camelia told reporters after meeting
with Basofi Sudirman, the governor of East Java province, Antara
reported yesterday.

The festival, she added, would be broadcast live nationwide by
TPI, a private television network, she added. (emb)