REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA -- Eight Australian students from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are learning the traditional Acehnese Saman dance under a summer program held on July 2-10, at the University of Surabaya (Ubaya) in Surabaya, East Java.

Interviewed at the Law Faculty of Ubaya on Tuesday, Eleni Alexandra Grady, one of the participants of the summer program, stated that she and her group found Saman dance quite entertaining, and its music has a calming effect.

"We faced difficulty in concentrating due to the hot weather, but overall, it is fun," she noted.

Grady has joined the summer program in Ubaya along with seven other QUT students: Susan Connor, Lucy Victoria Irvine, Katie Trinh, Brittanny Margaret White, Scott David Usher, Kelvin Kumar Poptan, and Kenneth Lee.