JAKARTA - The Gala Dinner ahead of the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals will be held on December 9, 2024 in Hangzhou, China.

One of the most anticipated things about the Gala Dinner is the appearance of the clothes worn by the athletes and coaches, including the Indonesian team.

Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi stole the most attention that night with their appearances that showed Indonesian culture.

Sabar wore a black beskap combined with batik cloth for the bottom, while Tiwi wore traditional clothes inspired by the Gadis Kretek series.

Sabar Karyaman Gutama's clothes (right) at the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals Gala Dinner (doc. Indonesian Badminton Association).

"Today my theme is cloth. The top is wearing a beskap combined with Lasem batik cloth for the bottom."

"I am happy to be able to bring Indonesian culture to this World Tour Finals, hopefully next year I can attend and attend again."

"The inspiration came from seeing Remaja Nusantara on Instagram and coincidentally the activist is my friend. Consulted with him and then it became like this," said Sabar.

Then, Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi who is familiarly called Tiwi received a recommendation from her older sister.

"This outfit was inspired by Jeng Yah (a character from the Gadis Kretek series played by Dian Sastrowardoyo)."

"My sister also recommended this, finally tried it and it turned out to be good and suitable," said Tiwi.

Meanwhile, on the Gala Dinner night, the Indonesian mixed doubles para badminton pair, Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila, successfully won the BWF Best Para Badminton Pair 2024 award.

This is their second title after last year they also won the same award.

The 2024 BWF World Tour Finals will take place on December 11-15, 2024 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China. The closing tournament this year has a total prize of 2.5 million US dollars.


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