Pertunjukan Budaya

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

The Cultural Performance. A visitor follows a cultural programme through several buildings and traditional art forms.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pertunjukan budaya dimulai di perpustakaan wilayah ini.
   The cultural performance begins at this region's library.
2. Bagian pertama tentang sejarah bangsa Indonesia.
   The first part is about the history of the Indonesian nation.
3. Setelah itu, ada latihan pencak silat di halaman.
   After that, there is a pencak silat demonstration in the courtyard.
4. Apakah pemain gamelan juga tampil?
   Will the gamelan musicians also perform?
5. Ya. Mereka bermain bersama seorang pemain biola.
   Yes. They play with a violinist.
6. Malamnya kita mengunjungi gereja tua dan pura di dekat sungai.
   In the evening we visit an old church and a temple near the river.
7. Apakah ada kuil lain di wilayah ini?
   Is there another temple in this region?
8. Ada, tetapi lokasinya jauh dari pusat kota.
   Yes, but it is far from the city centre.
9. Baik. Saya ingin memahami tradisi, bukan hanya melihat bangunannya.
   Okay. I want to understand the traditions, not only see the buildings.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• budaya, culture
• di, at
• perpustakaan, library
• wilayah, region / territory
• ini, this
• pertama, first
• tentang, about
• sejarah, history
• bangsa, nation / people
• setelah itu, after that
• ada, there is
• pencak silat, pencak silat (Indonesian martial art)