Tabanan – Thousands of artists will take part in the 2009 Tanah Lot Festival (TLF), which will be held from May 30th through June 7th. The cultural event will be centralized at the special Tanah Lot tourist attraction. During the nine-day program artists from 10 sub districts in Tabanan and 22 customary villages throughout the Kediri sub district will participate.
It is scheduled that the TLF will be inaugurated by the Governor of Bali and attended by all regents and mayors across Bali along with the stakeholders of Bali tourism. A variety of art attractions in the opening will be presented like gebogan (arrangement of assorted fruit and cakes) parades, bleganjur ensemble music by a female troupe across Tabanan Regency accompanied by the lines of rerontek, tedung, bandrang (various ritual paraphernalia) and other tools. Interestingly, the procession will pass through the area of Tanah Lot, which is a special tourist object and attraction at a distance of around 6 km and engage 962 entrants.
The art performances will be staged every day from 09:00 through 21:00 Lokal Time, and there will also be displays of bleganjur, bondres mask, kelepon, cake and marital art attractions. In addition, it will also be some classical arts presented from the ‘rice granary region’ (Tabanan) like baris memedi, baris cekurkuak and andir up to Hindu psalmody (geguritan). Special performances which will grace the festival include joged bumbung and Cenk Blonk shadow puppet play.
Meanwhile, the small-medium enterprises of Tabanan Regency have been given the opportunity to exhibit ther products, while the artist communities are engaged in painting and photography exhibitions. There are four locations and stages appointed, namely the Surya Mandala Cultural Park, Tanah Lot Parking Area, Surya Mandala Parking Area, and Pakendungan Temple Hall. “We received an enthusiastic welcome from the Beraban Customary Villagers, Customary Villagers across Kediri sub district and also other sub districts in Tabanan Regency as clear evidence of societal involvement in maintaining and conserving the Tanah Lot tourist object and attraction,” said Made Sujana, Operational Manager of the Tanah Lot management.
“This kind of promotional strategy will be carried out persistently because it has proved to be one of the key sucesses to draw tourist to visit,” Sujana said.
This matter has been proven based on the results of research organized at the end of 2008, regarding tourists’ perception and influential factors that have pushed tourists to visit Tanah Lot, which received the Emerald Award of Tri Hita Karana Tourism Award 2008. “Result from this research proved that promotional startegies which have been executed provides significant influence towards the increase of tourist visits to Tanah Lot,” Sujana said.
News by International Bali Post
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