Indulge in a day of diverse, distinctive and delicious flavours of Indonesia. Sample delectable dishes, exotic drinks and tantalising desserts from Indonesian archipelago or simply taste and explore Indonesia’s best delicious snack foods, cooking ingredients and food produce from selected local industry suppliers & retailers.
SPICE WARS
1945 Spice Wars Indonesian Food Challenge will witness some of Australia’s most passionate food bloggers face off with best chefs in one of the most exciting culinary event yet! The event also features food competitions where visitors can challenge themselves in eating the spiciest and largest quantity of food ever and win the title of the 1945 Spice War Champion.
food stalls
The Street Food United Arena features array of gourmet street food stalls and food carts offering authentic foods from various regions around the world.
Food Trade and promotion expo
The arena provides food trade information showcase and product promotions for those who are and will be venturing into the food & hospitality industries. Up, close and personal with some of Australia’s best chefs, and gain rare insights into the latest in the world of Indonesian gastronomy.
The Centre Stage area will showcase best of each region’s unique cultural and modern performances.
Cosplay Costume Contest
A tribute to all things anime, movies and the Modern style fashion. Expect the trendsetters to come in their most creative costume outfits.
Barong Dance
The famous Barong dance tells the story of the eternal battle between good and evil, depicting Barong, a lion-like mythical creature in Balinese mythology against Rangda, the demon queen of leak who leads an army of evil witches. This sacred dance is usually performed at Ubud Palace (Puri Saren Agung) in Bali.
Bedhaya Dance
Often associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, the sacred Bedhaya dance is characterized by the slow, graceful movements of nine female performers accompanied by a gamelan. Legend has it that Kanjeng Ratu Kidul (The Queen of the South Sea) once performed the Bedhaya dance for the ruler of Mataram, Sultan Agung. Like many sacred dances there are plenty of superstitions surrounding the Bedhaya. For example, the dancers are allowed to rehearse only every 35 days, and have to undergo purification rituals and dress in bridal attire. Ratu Kidul’s subordinates are said to attend every performance.
Cakalele Dance
Cakalele dance is a traditional dance, actually a war dance that come from North Maluku. This dance is performed by male dancers, but there are also some female dancers as supporting dancers.
Merak Dance
Merak (peacock) is one of the prominent dances originated from the land of Pasundan (West Java), displaying graceful movements of male peacocks to attract females. Merak dance, which was created by Raden Tjetjep Somantri during the 1950s, is performed by female dancers in intricate peacock costumes. The dance often becomes a welcoming performance during Sundanese wedding ceremonies.
Kecak Dance
Kecak is part of Balih-balihan dances, one of Tari Bali group. It is performed at night by a hundred or more men who sit around a fire with a leading priest in the middle. The dancers wear sacred Balinese traditional sarongs in black and white, called poleng. They perform without any accompanying music, crying “cak… cak… cak…” in distinct rhythm with their hands raised. The performance depicts one scene in the Ramayana story, where an army of monkeys aids Prince Rama in the battle against the evil Rahwana. Besides the sitting performers, there are also dancers who play Rama, Shinta (Rama’s wife), Rahwana, Monkey King Hanuman, and Sugriwa. One of the most beautiful places to see the Kecak dance is at the Uluwatu Temple.
Suanggi Dance
This dance is a war dance symbolizing the heroic and the valor of the Papuan People. Suanggi is usually happens when the head of the tribe of papua will order his soldiers to fight. The dance has a purpose to tell the soldiers to keep their spirit and keep blazing their passion.
Pendet Dance
Pendet is one of the famous Tari Bali (Balinese Dances) and it belongs to the Wali category, along with Rejang, Baris, Sanghyang Dedari, and Barong which are sacred dances and created to be performed in the center part of a temple (called jeroan pura). Pendet is usually performed by several female adult dancers with offerings (sesajen) in their hands. It is typically a welcome ceremony.
Piring Dance
Tari Piring is a dance that comes from Minangkabau tribe which is so famous throughout the world. The uniqueness that distinguishes this dance with other types of dance in the archipelago has managed to invite many tourists.
Various movements in this dance are the combination of a beautiful dance, acrobatic movements, and magical movements. The dance movements performed by 3-5 personnels. The movements were actually tell about the activities in the cultivation of rice crops that became the livelihood of Minang people in the old days.
Reog Dance
Reog part of Ponorogo’s identity. It used to be staged at the night of the full moon, Reog is a dance that’s heavily loaded with mystical overtones and superstition. It is all about the story of a battle between the King of Ponorogo against the lion-like mythical creature called Singa Barong.
Saman Dance
Saman originated from Gayo ethnic group in Aceh and characterized by harmonious, fast-paced rhythmic movements shown by the dancers. This dance is performed without any accompanying music. Instead, the dancers sing songs while performing. In November 2011, “the dance of a thousand hands” was recognized as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by Unesco and the Asean Tourism Association (ASEANTA) named it as the best Asean cultural preservation effort at the 25th ASEANTA Awards for Excellence 2012.