Rapai Geleng dance from Aceh Public Riveting Egypt

                            

strong Abu Simbel, KOMPAS.com - Dance from Aceh Rapai Geleng played by 13 students at the University of Al Azhar Indonesia, Thursday (02/21/13) night in Abu Simbel (about 1260 km south of the city of Cairo), amaze around 2000 spectators.

Dance Rapae Geleng rely harmony between head motion to the rhythm of a tambourine sound ditabuhnya. His movements were varied, slow, fast, very fast, and still without motion. harmony in motion, shake of the head, and the sound of tambourines were beaten rhythmically accompanied by a religious poem in the Acehnese language.

full concentration is the key to this art, because if there is one player the wrong move, it could lead to damage to the game as a whole. Philosophically, it shows a dynamic and harmonious life. If everyone adhered to the rules of the game right, then there is harmony. If not, what happens is colliding with one another.

International Arts Festival event in the city of Aswan which took place from 20 to 25 February 2013 was the first time. This event is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture Government of Egypt to Aswan province. Some countries, including Indonesia, are invited to enliven the festival.

Kuai / Deputy Ambassador to Egypt, Teuku Darmawan said Indonesia's participation is the support for Egypt in an effort to revive the tourism impact on the state is still not fully recovered. As one of the first countries to recognize the independence of Indonesia, Indonesia bilateral relations with Egypt had been nurtured well in a variety of fields, including in the social culture.

Festival was meant to celebrate the day the statue of Ramses II face inside the temple Abu Simbel can tersinari sun for a few minutes. This event only happens twice a year, February 22 and October 22.

Temple of Abu Simbel is one of the exceptional monumental heritage of ancient Egypt which has been recognized by Unesco as a world heritage. At the time of Ramses II around 1250 BC the temple was built and spent 20 years.