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Visit Most Enchanting Events For The Cultural Travelers
in Bali
“There’s
no better way to immerse oneself in Balinese tradition and
connect with its beautiful people than through unique and vibrant festivals,
when the streets light up with smiles and Bali’s true spirit and traditions
come alive.”
1. The 38th Bali Arts
Festival June 11- July 9, 2016
Bali Arts
Festival is considered as one of the biggest enchanting celebration of the
year!
And The Bali Arts Festival is a cultural treat for those lucky visitors who
are in Bali June 11 – July 9th 2016.
If you don’t
have a flight reservation yet, you still have a month to make your plan to
visit Bali and Bali Arts Festival for the whole month. It might take some
coordination to organize your holiday to coincide with these dates, but if
culture is what you seek, culture is what you’ll get at these annual festivals
in Bali.
Aside from
the colorful music and art performances, it touches the realization that art
affects daily endeavours. Explore each various events which showcases the
creative handicrafts exhibitions, arts by means of music, dance and beauty. The
cultural parade will be happening on the Bali Arts Festival opening ceremony on
June 11 where people in their distinct costumes are eye-catching. This is also
one way promoting Balinese culture for tourism.
It is the
perfect time to witness Bali’s wealth of
performing arts together with various cultural highlights from other islands in
Indonesia. As one of the main highlights in Bali’s calendar of events, the
annual celebration features various artworks and cultural achievements,
inviting locals and international visitors to the Taman Werdhi Budaya Arts
Centre in Denpasar where most of the daily
exhibitions and art performances.
What you
will see at the Bali Arts Festival in June and July, the Taman Werdhi Budaya
Arts Center becomes alive with colorful
traditional bamboo and coconut leaf decorations and banners. Crowds gather in
front of its open stages, auditoriums and outdoor pavilions witness a variety
of traditional and contemporary dances, shadow puppetry, music compositions and
youth competitions that fill the festival agenda. Hundreds of artisans from the
Denpasar municipality, Bali’s eight provinces, other neighboring islands and
even art troupes from abroad participate and showcase their talents. The Bali Arts Festival returns for the 38th
year on June 11 to July 9, 2016, and carries a main theme "Pasuk Wetuning Bhuwana: Maintaining
Universal Balance and Synergy".
Stay tuned for updated schedules
The Governor
Made Mangku Pastika said that this year’s Bali Arts Festival would
focus on the presentation of classical forms of the Balinese lively arts, a fact
that should be reflected in all aspects of the PKB, including
the opening parade and month-long program of stage performances. Pastika also called on the organizers to be
firm in selecting only quality performers and purveyors of goods to be sold in connection
with the PKB. (Bali
update)
Over the
month-long festival, 275 parades,
performances and workshops will be held featuring the 9 Regencies and
municipalities of Bali and some from other islands of Indonesia.
The
PKB/ Bali Arts Festival the 38th will
also feature 159 stands selling traditional handicrafts.
Best visit to
Taman Werdhi Budaya Arts Center when it is in full swing of the Bali Arts
Festival, during which you can see some of the best performances in Bali staged
here for the benefit of the local people. Good luck finding a seat, but rest
assured that if you press forward, locals tend to be amenable to allowing
guests to get into the VIP seating near the front. Don’t forget arrive early to the event.
2. Sanur Village Festival
The Sanur Village Festival celebrates
Sanur’s culture and heritage, engaging visitors with a vast line up of programs
and activities including the Sanur Kite Festival, Sanur Auto Festival, fun run,
beach clean ups, cultural parades, fishing competitions, music, food and more.
The regular
festival participants say the festival gets better each year. There are a wide
variety of activities for kids and the whole family, and it’s held during a
time of year when the days are cool.
The festival
is held at the end of August, from the 24th to the 28th. Visit the official Sanur Village
Festival websitefor more information.
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