MALAYSIA TO REPRIMAND PENDET DANCE CLIP PRODUCER

Jakarta, Aug 25 (ANTARA) – The Malaysian government has promised to reprimand a Singapore-based production house which produced an advertisement for its tourism promotion that led to strong protests in Indonesia because it used the Balinese pendet dance without official permit from the Indonesian government. “They have promised to reprimand the production house which produced [...]

MALAYSIA’S PENDET DANCE AD SPARKS INDONESIAN PROTESTS

Jakarta, Aug 25 (ANTARA) – After recently claiming the ‘reog Ponorogo’ dance of East Java as its own, Malaysia is once again under fire for allegedly using the Balinese ‘pendet’ dance as a promotional means in its tourism advertisement. The Malaysian move is seen as another attempt to claim the pendet dance, which originates from [...]