The Balinese Arts Festival 2009
Annual colossal event the Balinese Arts Festival (PKB) XXXI was opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Taman Budaya Denpasar, on June 13th. This arts festival will take place till July 11th by putting forward 180 art exhibitions by 14 thousand artists. Yudhoyono stated, cultural art was part of the identity of the nation. “PKB this the real shape to conserve the nation culture. I was always amazed with its creativity that continuously developed,” said he who opened this agenda since the last 5 years. He hoped, PKB strengthened the Balinese position as the centre of tourism, culture and inter-country relations. Yudhoyono said Balinese tourism continue brighten up although the global crisis happening. “Global recession indeed did not yet end but we must have an attitude optimistis,” he said. Bali, according to him, had the potential to become the centre of creative economics that pushed the development of other regional economics.
Before the opening ceremony, in the afternoon, Balinese Governor Made Mangku Pastika released the cultural procession that joined by 3500 artists. The procession was begun in Lapangan Puputan Badung and ended in the area of the Taman Budaya through the distance around two kilometres. Six countries, namely the United States, India, Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand, Mexico- also took part in appearing in this procession. Also joining, the representative from nine provinces in Indonesia including Jakarta, East Java, West Sumatra, Yogyakarta, Lombok Barat, etc. “It showed Bali was the area that was important in the development of the national culture and global,” he said.
Although it was spread out every year, the community’s enthusiasm and tourists, especially in Denpasar, not loose. Thousands of visitors filled up the place road of this cultural procession. In this party you could enjoy the Balinese expression of the community’s art, took the form of the game of children, adolescence that entered the love period through to the “cremation” procession, namely the cremation ceremony for the person who died. The cultural procession also put forward the attraction of art from various other areas in Indonesia, like Lampung, Kalimantan and East Java. From East Java, it was represented by the Reog Ponorogo appearance from Gresik, East java. Reog Singo Murti that was led by Sumiono also attracted attention of the visitor when carrying out the attraction before the procession was begun. Several artists Reog that was cultivation of the Jagad Dumadi Temple in Menganti, Gresik could put forward the barong player’s skills and others.
The friend’s country like Japan then took part in livening up. Participants from the Land of the Cherry Blossom put forward their original culture that is samurai that exhibited the movement technique played the sword. The uniqueness, the Balinese artists accompanied the action of Japanese samurai with the typical Balinese gamelan. Delegation of the Japanese artist emerged in procession gaps that were followed by the group of art from several regencies and the city in the Balinese Province. This group got attention from the spectators after putting forward the attraction of the champion’s Japanese skills used the sword. They appeared with the scene samurai the white group opposed the black group. Preceeded with the appearance of children samurai athletes, they appeared agile played the sword and the stick as the weapon. Afterwards was followed by the appearance of the adolescent samuari athletes and the old generation athlete that one among them was a woman.
This annual arts festival swallowed the cost Rp 3.9 billion and will rise next year to Rp 5 billion. This year was then felt special because the committee returned the opening to the stage of Arda Chandra Taman Budaya Denpasar because of eight years later in was opened only with the parade without the performance of ballet in Lapangan Puputan Renon. The annual agenda from 1978 went a month and this year from June 13th to July 11th.
admin @ June 25, 2009