Big Success at the 6th TAFISA World Sport for All Games in Jakarta, Indonesia!
After 7 days of celebrating peace and friendship between different cultures and different countries through Traditional Sports and Games, the 6th TAFISA World Sport for All Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, have ended last Tuesday with a beautiful finale.
The Closing Ceremony on Tuesday, October 11th ended with a big party
These TAFISA World Sport for All Games were held under the patronage of the IOC, UNESCO and ICSSPE and bore the motto “Unity in Diversity”, standing for the inherent diversity of the Indonesian people throughout the several hundreds of different cultures and languages that coexist within the same country.
Some 84 participating countries joined the games and performed traditional sports and games from their homeland in the various demonstrations, festivals and championships, bringing together over 12,000 participants to the beautiful area of Ancol in North Jakarta.
Traditional Indonesian Sports and Games Festival
The venue accommodated different events across its beach, large green fields and its welcoming Ecopark, allowing the many spectators to appreciate a wide spectrum of landscapes while enjoying the original performances. The array of sports and games represented was also quite wide, including martial arts such as Taekwondo and Pencak Silat, extreme sports like BMX and skateboarding, modern sports such as street soccer and traditional games like bola leungeun seuneu, an Indonesian game from West Java where players juggle and pass around a ball of fire.
A game of street soccer during the Games
A big Zumba event attempting to beat the World Record of more than 12,000 zumba dancers at once, and the TAFISA World Walking Day saw over 8,000 zumba dancers and many walkers participate and enjoy the warm Indonesian morning together.
High-level academic events were also organized as part of the games, with a big Expo gathering together professionals from the food and beverage industry, from fitness companies, from the sports equipment field among other actors; and a Global Forum with very current themes such as Active Cities and Traditional Sports and Games engaging thousands of participants and raising awareness on the topics.
More than 8,000 danced zumba together
TAFISA would like to once again extend its utmost gratitude to those who supported this event, including but not only the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, the IOC, UNESCO, ICSSPE, but also FORMI and the Organizing Committee of the Games who managed to tackle the challenge of organizing such a major event on the global scale so well.
Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia Imam Nahrawi
on the Closing Ceremony stage with TAFISA Vice-President Catherine Forde
After 7 days of celebrating peace and friendship between different cultures and different countries through Traditional Sports and Games, the 6th TAFISA World Sport for All Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, have ended last Tuesday with a beautiful finale.
The Closing Ceremony on Tuesday, October 11th ended with a big party
These TAFISA World Sport for All Games were held under the patronage of the IOC, UNESCO and ICSSPE and bore the motto “Unity in Diversity”, standing for the inherent diversity of the Indonesian people throughout the several hundreds of different cultures and languages that coexist within the same country.
Some 84 participating countries joined the games and performed traditional sports and games from their homeland in the various demonstrations, festivals and championships, bringing together over 12,000 participants to the beautiful area of Ancol in North Jakarta.
Traditional Indonesian Sports and Games Festival
The venue accommodated different events across its beach, large green fields and its welcoming Ecopark, allowing the many spectators to appreciate a wide spectrum of landscapes while enjoying the original performances. The array of sports and games represented was also quite wide, including martial arts such as Taekwondo and Pencak Silat, extreme sports like BMX and skateboarding, modern sports such as street soccer and traditional games like bola leungeun seuneu, an Indonesian game from West Java where players juggle and pass around a ball of fire.
A game of street soccer during the Games
A big Zumba event attempting to beat the World Record of more than 12,000 zumba dancers at once, and the TAFISA World Walking Day saw over 8,000 zumba dancers and many walkers participate and enjoy the warm Indonesian morning together.
High-level academic events were also organized as part of the games, with a big Expo gathering together professionals from the food and beverage industry, from fitness companies, from the sports equipment field among other actors; and a Global Forum with very current themes such as Active Cities and Traditional Sports and Games engaging thousands of participants and raising awareness on the topics.
More than 8,000 danced zumba together
TAFISA would like to once again extend its utmost gratitude to those who supported this event, including but not only the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, the IOC, UNESCO, ICSSPE, but also FORMI and the Organizing Committee of the Games who managed to tackle the challenge of organizing such a major event on the global scale so well.
Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia Imam Nahrawi
on the Closing Ceremony stage with TAFISA Vice-President Catherine Forde