2011 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games opening ceremony

The 2011 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games opening ceremony began on June 5, 2011, in the Titaningrum X Main Stadium starting from 18:30 to 23:22. These were the most expensive opening ceremonies, combined with the closing ceremony, and its ParaPan counterpart. The ceremony was known as "the spirit of Java", Solo's travel slogan. This ceremony has the longest time frame for an opening ceremony, almost 5 hours, thanks to the cultural and artistic segments, which that alone, has a time of 148 minutes.

Despite the longer time for the opening ceremony, spectators and critics praised the opening ceremony, which celebrated the culture of Indonesia and withstanding the Games' motto "achievements without borders". The flame was the most "Indonesian" thing they've ever seen, because of the chain reaction of the fire, as the cauldron had 3 fire spots. Later on, the cauldron was used for recreational purposes, and after the Games, people can light the cauldron, before turning it off after 5 minutes.

Prelude
Several Javanese musics were played in the stadium, as well as classical Indonesian musics, with the TV screens showing ads of the sponsors.

Anthem of the Olympic Council of Asia
As per tradition, the beginning of the opening ceremony must include their continental anthem. As a member of the Olympic Council of Asia, the Olympic Council of Asia hymn must be played first.

Countdown
The countdown started when the drum was played for the first time, and in the circle, it showed the numbers from 60 to 0. However, when the 22 was shown, the stadium lights go off, in order to give a spotlight to the drummers. Then the circle showed the cities and footage from the previous Games. Starting from 22, fireworks were burst near the circle, and in 1, fireworks from every side of the sport complex began to burst, marking the start of the opening ceremony.

President's introduction
The Presidents of the Olympic Region 1 and Indonesia were introduced to the spectators. The presidential salute was followed.

The Drum Boy
A little boy played a drum in the beginning, later on followed by other professional drums, and then the Sasando was played by some of the players. Later on, there were fireworks from the stadium floor, which later revealed the symbol of the Olympic Region 1 Council. The musics kept on playing until it reached to the song of "We are Together", sung by Various Artists, with traditional Indonesian instruments.

The flag of Indonesia
The lights of the stadium was lit again, and Indonesia Pusaka was sung, accompanied with the Jakarta Harmonic Orchestra. And the stage turned into rice fields, where kids were running while they were bringing the flags, and after the last wave of kids, the Paskibra group was revealed while bringing the Indonesian flag with 70 people, while 8 people are bringing the flag. Later on, Indonesia's national anthem, Indonesia Raya was sung by the Jakarta Choir, and the fireworks ended the segment.

Prelude
The Jakarta Harmonic Orchestra played "Krontjong Kemajoran", accompanied with the singing voices of Javanese Choir.

Chapter 1: The Kingdoms
The stage turned into the road of trade, as well as people trading spices with other people. As well as with the kingdoms, which introduced wealthier systems for their people. However, wars came by, and, as a result, the kingdom failed to stay afloat, and later on, other countries are coming through to the land, and bought some to home.

Chapter 2: Colonialism
The narrator read an excerpt of chapter 29 from Max Havelaar to the speakers in English, while in the stage there was an Indonesian woman near the center of the stadium:"'I know not where I will die. I saw the great sea on the South shore, where I was with my father to make salt. If I die at sea, my body will be thrown in the deep water, and there will be sharks. They shall swim around my body and ask: who will devour the body that sinks there in the water? I shall not hear it. I know not where I will die. I saw the burning house of Pa-ansoe, which he had set ablaze himself, because he was  mata-glap . If I die in a burning house, glowing pieces of wood will fall on my body. And outside people will shout and throw water to kill the fire. I shall not hear it. I know not where I will die. I saw little Si-oenah who fell from a  klappa  tree, when he picked a  klappa  for his mother. If I fall from a  klappa  tree, I will be dead on the ground, in the bushes, like Si-oenah. My mother shall not weep, for she is dead. But others will shout with loud voices: Behold there is Saïdjah! I shall not hear it. I know not where I will die. I saw the body of Pa-lisoe, who died of age, for his hair was white. If I die of age, with white hair, wailing women will stand around my body. And they shall weep, just like the wailing women at Pa-lisoe’s body. And the little children will weep, very loud. I shall not hear it. I know not where I will die. I saw many in Badoer, who had died. They were clothed in a white shroud and buried in the ground. If I die in Badoer, I shall be buried out of the  dessah, on the East hill, where the grass is high, Adinda will pass there, and the edge of her  sarong will softly brush the grass.I shall hear it.'"The stage turned into rice fields once again, but this time with a different purpose: the Cultuurstelsel. This was a system that made Indonesians dead several years ago. Later on, stadium lights became red, showing the power of Van Deventer's policies to Indonesians, and the stage soon became a school, a road, and the planning board. However, when they wanted an independence, there was the Indonesian War of Independence, until they wanted to agree for independence on 1949.

Chapter 3: The Cultures
Later on, the stages turned into a dance floor, where, in this showcase, they will present traditional Indonesian dances, cultures, and musics, and the stadium roared, accompanying the dances. Until what was waited the most, the Ratoh Jaroe dance, where dances formed some animations, and later on the flag of Indonesia, with fireworks burst from the inside.

Chapter 4: People
Later on, some of the more-traditional Dayak people, which came to a woman, to show their cultures, eventually she was bought to the Dayak villages, where they show an another group of people, which will show the other part. Later on, she joined doing the things, and the people of Indonesia were united.

Chapter 5: The Future
The screen were shown with the roadmap of the future, with some creators putting the creations around the sports complex, and some of those were in the stadium. And each creation was deployed successfully, following with fireworks in the distant, and later on, this can be explored around the sporting complex until the closing ceremony of its Paralympic counterpart.

Chapter 6: The World
One of the most acclaimed segment is "The World", where various artists sang "Achievements without borders" with footages of the winning people from each Games' nation. This was thanks to the contest before the opening ceremony, "Show your true sports" which will show the footages of each nation's winner. This was also done in the ParaPan opening ceremony.

Parade of nations
Main article: 2011 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games Parade of Nations

Later on, the Parade of Nations were followed. The placard bearer wore traditional Indonesian costumes, and as per tradition, Greece entered first (as the creator of the Olympic Games), Canada entered second (the first host nation of the PEAPG), the other nations followed with the order coming from the Indonesian language, and the host nation, Indonesia, entered last. The highlights are Korean athletes marching as one, which was last done in the 2006 Asian Games.

After the Parade of Nations, David Marshal sang "United We Play" as the secondary theme song.

Chapter 7: The Athletes
Later on, screens were shown with the footages of previous Games, and later on, several Indonesian athletes participated certain sports with the screen as its feel. Later on, the speakers will tell the audience to "Not give up".

Chapter 8: A New Generation
Later on, the Jakarta Carnival was presented in the opening ceremony, as it represents the new generation, and changing songs every 3 minutes. The carnival only lasted 18 minutes, compared to the 6 hours in Jakarta.

Opening the Games
After speeches from the President of the Organizing Committee and the President of the Olympic Region 1, the President of Indonesia opened the Games followed with fireworks burst into the skyline.

Chapter 9: Gebyar Nusantara/The Fusion of the Archipelago
Main article: Gebyar Nusantara (2011)

This section shows several traditional dances from Indonesia and around the world.

The Olympic Flag and Oath
Then the Olympic and Olympic Region 1 flag was carried by The Athletes Foundation organizers based in Jakarta. Later on, the Olympic Hymn was followed, sung by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Indonesia, accompanied with the Jakarta Harmonic Orchestra. Later on, the oaths were taken by Wahyana and Robert Frasing.

The Cauldron
First, the cauldron entered the stadium from a boat, and then brought by Budi Susanto, later on passed to David Robertson, and finally, they passed them to Albert Ranfi, 2-time Olympic champion in swimming. He lit the cauldron near the stadium, and later on, with a fuse and fire running until the cauldron was lit. 3 cauldrons was lit in order, and the fireworks burst to the skyline, with classical musics, in every area of the city, with a total of 50 tonnes of fireworks.