Gong Kebyar Jazzes Up Bulfest 2015

The Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) taking place on August 4-8, 2015, is held at the monument of the Singa Ambara Raja, Singaraja, Buleleng, with the theme Gurmitaning Den Bukit. It has the meaning ‘roaring sound of music in Buleleng County’ and aims at exploring traditional music to modern music owned by Buleleng.

STPBI Holds Seminar on Competency Certification

Rai Mantra: To Face AEC, Workers Must Have Certification

Denpasar Municipality in cooperation with the International Bali Tourism Institute (STPBI) Denpasar held a one-day seminar with the theme “Professional Certification and Business Certification towards the Competent Denpasar City.” The one-day seminar aims to build commitment of the tourism players in Denpasar to perform business certification and professional certification for its employees. The seminar was opened by Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, Thursday (Jul. 30), at the Hotel Harris Tjokroaminoto, Denpasar.

New Multicultural Dance

A Performance by Cahya Art Studio at BAF

Recently, the Cahya Art Studio under the direction of Ketut Lanus performed at Wantilan Hall of the Bali Art Center as part of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2015. They performed a new creations that was creative, multicultural and full of teachings on human goodness. The play of musical tones and dance movement not only revealed the beauty of the soul, but also served as media in providing education about life. The dances used a variety of cultural references including nuances of Christian churches, the Buddhist temple spirit and Hinduism with its fundamental basis in presentation.

Denpasar Revives the Art of Sculpture

In an effort to revive the art of sculpture, children and teenagers from all over Denpasar were given free training by the Denpasar Culture Agency, over five days (Jul. 9-13) Wayan Marya, a sculptor from Anggabaya-Penatih who was one of the instructors for the event, said that currently in Denpasar there are very few sculptors. In fact their number could be counted on two hands. In the 1960s and into the 1980s Denpasar, especially in the area of Panti, Penatih, Sesetan and Kesiman, had many sculptors. “Their mostly produced sculptures of men carrying a rooster cage” he said.

Bali One Society

Adoption of Banjar Concept on the Island of the Gods

The concept of social life in the hamlet in Bali seems to have inspired the establishment of the Bali One Society (BOS). BOS was first initiated by 12 people from different professional backgrounds. The majority of them are migrants who are touched when seeing other migrants get difficulties but they are not accompanied by family

“We started with close friends and relatives. We are from various fields of business, but we have the same vision to help one another, especially in grief,” said Chairman of the BOS Lio Wijaya Susanto accompanied by Deputy Secretary of BOS Gede Ridiana Yasa in Haishen restaurant recently.