Guiness Arthur's Day: 5 Rock Bands Will be On In Jakarta, Medan, Makassar, Bali and Surabaya

Entering its 4^th celebrations in Indonesia this year, the Guinness Arthur Day presents a special treat for rock music fans in Indonesia. This coming October, 5 renowned international bands: Steelheart, 

Firehouse, OneRepublic, Mew, and Club8 will quench the thirst of great rock music in 5 major cities. The Guinness Arthur's Day will be held in Medan on 12^th October, Bali on15^th October, Surabaya on 17^th October, Makassar on 19^th October, with pinnacle held in the metropolitan capital Jakarta on 26^th October 2013.

The rock fiesta will kick off at the JW Marriot Hotel, Medan, North Sumatra, on 12^th October 2013 featuring the two rock legends Steelheart and Firehouse, followed by a show at the Hard Rock Cafe, by Kuta Beach in Bali on 15^th October 2013. In Surabaya, capital city of East Java, the show will be held at Grand City on 17^th October, while in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, it will be held at the Celebes Convention Center on 19^th October 2013.

First celebrated in Indonesia in 2010, the Guinness Arthur’s Day has brought many renowned international rock bands in its previous concerts such as Lifehouse, The Script, and Creed. Last year, the celebration managed to pull over 19,000 audiences in Jakarta, Medan, Makassar, and Surabaya.

In the international scene, Guinness Arthur's Day is an annual event that was first celebrated in 2009. The event commemorates the 250 years' signing of the 9,000 years lease of Arthur Guinness at St.James Gate Brewery in Dublin Ireland in September 1759. Last year 2012, celebrations of Arthur's Day took place in 55 countries worldwide, including Indonesia.

Tickets can be purchased at: Aquarius Mahakam, Disc Tarra, Panorama Tour - Travel, 7-Eleven, Circle-K, and online via www.ibudibjo.com and www.gad.loket.com

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Indonesia: People and Culture

Living on more than 17,000 islands, the Indonesian nation today counts some 200 million population comprising more than 200 ethnic groups. After Independence in 1945 inter-marriages among people of different ethnic groups have welded the population into a more cohesive Indonesian nation.

The majority of the population embraces Islam, while in Bali the Hindu religion is predominant. Whereas in areas like the Minahasa in North Sulawesi, the Toraja highlands in South Sulawesi, in the East Nusatenggara islands and in large parts of Papua, in the Batak highlands as well as on Nias island in North Sumatra, the majority are either Catholics or Protestants. On the whole the Indonesian people are religious in nature.

Asmat Culture Festival 2013

The cultural expressions of Papua's renowned Asmat Tribe will be the highlight of Indonesia's most eastern island as the Asmat Cultural Festival is scheduled to take place at the Yos Sudarso Field, Asmat District on 15th to 19th October 2013. The main feature of the festival is obviously the signature wood carving art of the Asmat. The Asmat are known to have the capability of carving wood into fascinating artworks directly without drawing any sketches first. To the Asmat, their woodcarvings are inextricably linked with the spirit world, and therefore, are not principally considered as aesthetic objects. Much of the highly original art of the Asmat is symbolic of warfare, headhunting, and warrior-ancestor veneration. For centuries the Asmat, preoccupied with the necessity of appeasing ancestral spirits, produced a wealth of superbly designed shields, canoes, sculptured figures, and drums.