| Pendet Dance Controversy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Indonesia–Malaysia relations | |||
 Pendet dancers from Bali, Indonesia | |||
| Date | August–October 2009 | ||
| Location | |||
| Caused by | Misidentification of the Pendet dance as Malaysian in a Discovery Channel advertisement | ||
| Methods | Protests, diplomatic communication, calls for apology | ||
| Status | Resolved with an apology from Discovery Channel | ||
| Parties | |||
| Lead figures | |||
Jero Wacik (Indonesian Minister of Tourism) Mohamed Tajudeen Abdul Wahab (Malaysian National Security Council Secretary) | |||
| Indonesian ultra-nationalist groups organized anti-Malaysia protests, including symbolic "war" preparations | |||
An advertisement for the Discovery Channel program Enigmatic Malaysia in 2009 featured Balinese Pendet dancers, wrongly identifying the Pendet dance as Malaysian. This mistake caused public outrage in Indonesia, leading to protests and requests for an apology from Malaysia.