REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ROME -- A group of nine Indonesian child artists who performed the Acehnese dance of Saman enthralled spectators visiting the Roman Colosseum, one of the tourism attractions in Rome.

After performing Saman dance in Rome, the entourage, led by Ida Riyanti, will continue its journey to Agrigento, Sicilia, to participate in the 17th International Children Culture Festival "I Bambini Del Mondo," a task executor of Information, Social and Culture Affairs of the Indonesian Embassy to Russia Aisha Allamanda on Sunday.

Saman dance was showcased mainly as a street performance in front of the Colosseum on Thursday afternoon local time. The group of dancers comprised nine Indonesian children aged between eight and 12 years from the Kinnari dance studio in Jakarta.

Several tourists expressed admiration after watching the dynamism of the dance. The uniqueness of the dance and colorful costumes of the Indonesian troupe raised the spectators' enthusiasm to click pictures with them.