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Entertainment in Jakarta is all about theaters, movies and music clubs. You will
get ample of scopes to explore the culture of Indonesia including the growth of
cinema and evolution of the traditional theatre and cosmopolitan music. Jakarta
in Indonesia also has a medley of ethnic and migrant population. So entertainment
here varies serious theater halls, to refined music clubs to cinema halls for
the popular yuppies.
As you visit the shopping malls you will find huge young crowd flocking to
the tech-savvy, plush and sophisticated cinema halls. Interestingly enough,
you will get latest Hollywood action-flicks to regional productions in Indonesia
here. If you are a kung-fu lover, you also have the option of watching action
pot-boilers from Hong Kong in the cinema halls like Drive Inn Theatre and Keong
Emas Imax Theater. Thus, movie-buffs shouldn’t worry about their full-course
entertainment in Jakarta. If you are lucky enough, you can also visit Jakarta
during the Jakarta International Film Festival which is annually held. You will
get the scope of watching some of the internationally famous films, which are
rarely screened in Jakarta otherwise.
For the refined and the erudite class even, Jakarta has plenty of options for
cultural entertainment. You can also enjoy the famous gamelan or traditional
Javanese music in the music clubs. In fact, in Pasar Seni in Ancol, you can
relish live gamelan music and dangdut or Indonesian pop music with a strong
Indian influence as well. If you are instead looking for some western numbers,
then you can visit certain music clubs offering western classical music. In
the southern part of Jakarta, you will find many music cafes like Twilight Café
where you can tap to Jazz and classical tunes. You will also find music clubs
offering Latin music such as mambo, cha-cha and samba.
You can also enjoy ballet performances in the theatres or relish traditional
performances of Indonesia like as Wayang Kulit (shadow puppet shows). Entertainment
in Jakarta also includes visit to Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Arts Center, the
Jakarta Arts Center, which has art galleries, cinemas and theaters. During the
annual festival at the Jakarta Arts Building, internationally famous dances,
music and theatres are performed by international and locally popular artists.
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