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Combating Bird Flu with LaughterPublication DateNovember 5, 2007
SummaryAccording to this weblog entry, Sanggar Vidia Iswari, a Sundanese [Indonesia] culture group, is creating public awareness and understanding of the problem of avian influenza with laughter, song, music, and dance in a format called Longser. Traditional songs, dances, and a drumming group (Rampak Kendang) are being used as entertainment in the show. The public are being entertained and educated in their communities through performances in town squares of this Sundanese cultural show, called the Flu Burung Longser Show, which includes a comedy opera about a bird flu problem in a village. In this show, the audiences are engaged in conversation by the players about the bird flu. According to the author, this is substituting two-way messaging for "the usual rhetoric and boring one-way."
The following are the objectives of the Flu Burung Longser Show:
SourceSanggar Seni Vidia Iswari blogspot accessed on May 7 2008 Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 07 2008 Last Updated May 09 2008 Top 5 Related Pages for this Summary |
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