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Batam is considered necessary to add attraction by presenting a variety of attractions. This aims to make tourists more interested and more comfortable to stay longer in Batam. Thus, BP Management Agency as one of the stakeholders in Batam City holds the event "Batam Dance 2018". This event is one of the cultural art festivals that will become one of the new icons of Batam City. "Batam Dancing 2018" is planned to take place on April 8, 2018. This will highlight collaboration of 16 thousand people of Batam City who will mutually assemble the movement in one collaboration of amazing dance. Head of Batam BP Management Agency, Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo said that "Batam Dancing 2018" is a symbol event in equating 'Voice', equating 'Vision' and 'Moving Together' ‘Mission to build Batam City’. Lukita  further said that thousands of dancers will consist of various elements in the Batam city. They are from BP Batam, City Government, Navy, Army, Police, Sundanese Society, Jogoboyo Society, Nationality Forum and students, including  the tourists.Why to choose dancing together? Lukita said that Batam is a Malay land whose various ethnics are in Batam. Meanwhile, dancing becomes a culture almost in all ethnic groups in Indonesia. So, this collaboration will show the unity of the people of Batam to unite and enliven tourism. On the occasion, BP Batam Management Agency cooperates with Guruh Soekarnoputra Production to provide training to the people of Batam who will participate in these activities. Guruh Soekarnoputra, the youngest son of the first President of Indonesia, Soekarno as choreographer explained that his side will design a dance called ‘Rampai Batam’. According to Guruh, this ‘Rampai Batam’ is Batam’s typical dance which consists of several ethnics. In the performance, it includes dance choreography from Minang, Batak, Malay, and China. In the first stage, Guruh will train 100 instructors from the city of Batam who will then train other participants. ‘Batam Dance 2018’ as colossal dance will make people not only feel happy, but also  break the Indonesian Museum Record (MURI) with the largest number of dancers.