RI's kids shine in painting competition
RI's kids shine in painting competition
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian children shone in this year's
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) painting contest.
Jessica Gunawan, an 11-year-old from Jakarta, was one of the
10 top winners in B group for entrants aged 10 to 16.
Titled Golekkan (Playing with Wooden Puppets), her colorful
painting depicted a group of children playing with puppets in a
garden. She received a gold medal.
In the A group of children aged between five and 10, Ahmad
Herbie Wibowo, 5, from Bandung also won the gold. His work, Canoe
Competition, showed several canoes racing toward the finish line.
Held to commemorate the 54th independence anniversary of
Indonesia and to welcome the new millennium, the painting contest
was intended to strengthen solidarity among ASEAN children by
providing a media for them to express their creativity through
painting. It was organized by the Indonesian Directorate General
of Culture.
It was also to reaffirm the need to enhance cooperative
efforts among ASEAN countries -- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
-- for the survival, protection and development of children as
agreed at the fifth summit of ASEAN head of governments in
Bangkok in December 1995.
Themed "We are the Children of ASEAN" and subthemed
"Traditional Arts in Our Country", the competition garnered huge
interest from children throughout ASEAN, especially Indonesia.
Winners were announced last week.
In group A, the competition's organizer received 1,029
entries: six from Brunei Darussalam, 188 from Myanmar, 81 from
Singapore, 34 from Thailand, 88 from Vietnam and 632 from
Indonesia.
For group B, the organizer received nine paintings from Brunei
Darussalam, 22 from Laos, 144 from Myanmar, 74 from Singapore, 48
from Thailand, 23 from Vietnam and 465 from Indonesia.
The paintings were selected by a five-member jury on Oct. 26
based on criteria including their consistency with the selected
theme, technical skills and creativity.
Indonesia reaped most gold medals in group A with eight of the
10 winning pieces. The winners were Artesa Galuh with Art
Festival, Ayu Katarina Kusnadi (Balinese Ceremony), Ahmad Herbie
Wibowo (Canoe Competition), Bich Hong of Vietnam (Wash One's
Hair), Lisma Niken Pratiwi (Wayang Golek/Wooden Puppet), Nathania
(Candle Dance), Russy Novita A. (Cocks Fighting), Yor Rayuth of
Thailand (In The Temple), Y. Permana P. (Dayak Art Festival) and
Zinda Ilma (untitled).
First winners in group B are Ardidho A. Sandy (Watching Folk
Art), Candra Megatawa (Reog Dance), Dusit of Thailand (Khon),
Jessica Gunawan (Golekkan, MG Zaw Win Phyoe of Myanmar (Elephant
Dance), Narrupon of Thailand (untitled), Nguyen Ngoc Que of
Vietnam (Help Lonely Old Women), Patcharin of Thailand (Thai
Custom), Ryan Ricardo (Kuda Lumping Dance) and Vo Thi Thoa of
Vietnam (Have A Good Time). (ste)