Friday, February 10, 2012

Campus Highlight: University of Hawai'i at Manoa

(Each Monday during the academic year, I feature a "Campus Highlight": a unique, interesting, and noteworthy student organization, program, or initiative that demonstrates the amazing things college students do each and every day across the country.)

For this week's Campus Highlight, I'm featuring the University of Hawai'i at Manoa for their "The Genteel Sabai" performance. The show features Randai, "a folk dance-drama form of entertainment originating in West Sumatra and performed by the Minangkabau ethnic group of that region" that "is rarely seen outside of Indonesia." In fact, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa is "the only university program in the West to offer Randai performances." Awesome!

You don't have to be at the UHM campus to learn more. You can find out about Randai folk dance from their web page or do a little research yourself. Either way, I wanted to send some props to everyone involved in the performance for bringing something new, educational, and downright interesting to their campus. Keep up the great work!


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