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The Indonesian organisation PERTIWI embraces diversity and its core principles are humanitarianism, culture, nationhood and equality. Recently PERTIWI staged a cultural event in Perth that not only aimed to entertain but also to unify. How was PERTIWI able to achieve this?

PERTIWI’s show Sam Pek EngTay was highly interactive and was attended by hundreds of Indonesians from diverse ethnicities and the public. Source: Courtesy Udaya Halim - 26 Sep.

Udaya Halim is the founder of the Benteng Heritage Museum and founder of PERTIWI.  He describes to Sri Dean the details of the event and explains how the show Sam Pek EngThay succeeded in presenting PERTIWI core principles in a hilarious way

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The creator of Sam Pek Eng Thay Udaya Halim (5th from left) with the crew. What was unique about the show’s use of language? How did it enable understanding t Source: Courtesy Udaya Halim, 26 Sep.