Australia Indonesia Arts Alliance
Auspicing body for Asia Pacific Arts
Cynthia Webb, Gold Coast. SambaSunda have made their first visit Down Under, having been honoured with an invitation to perform at WOMAD (World of Music Art and Dance) in Adelaide, Australia, (March 10/11) and WOMAD, New Plymouth, New Zealand, (March 16 through 18). WOMAD is a worldwide series of festivals featuring international music. There about…
Arriving at Botanic Park, Adelaide to the sounds of Sambasundas Indonesian drumming workshop is a perfect welcome for me and Iranian friends Leila and Saeed. They spent three years and eight months experiencing mental anguish and physical illness in the searing desert heat of Curtin Camp W.A. and Port Augusta, S.A. detention centres after fleeing…