The expansive Arts Fiesta on the gorgeous island of Bali will turn the attention of this tourist heaven when the 40th edition of the yearly Bali Arts Festival will be rolled out from 16th June to 24th July 2018, based at Bali’s Art Center in Denpasar, the capital city of Bali Province. During one entire month, the best of the idyllic tropics island’s dance, music, and artistic expressions will be displayed to the general public when Bali showcases its cultural demonstrations, introduced and revived by the villagers across the island. There’ll be daily performances of traditional and contemporary dance and music alongside innumerable related cultural and industrial activities through that the whole of Bali will swarm to the town to present offerings of dance, music, enthusiasm, color and magnificent beauty.
The month-long festival will begin with a parade featuring arts from all districts in Bali along with other Indonesian provinces. This year, the festival bears the theme of Teja Dharmaning Koripan significance: Fire, the spirit of Creation. From its physical standpoint, The theme illustrates that the human existence can’t be separated from fire, because it’s essential for many activities like cooking or in its more full appearance as a source of energy. From the spiritual standpoint, the theme implies that humans have to be in a position to control and manage the fire or energy inside. When it’s badly controlled, then this fire may turn into anger and recklessness.
And on the other hand, when one is in a position to control the fire inside, then he or she’ll be capable of activating the chakra that may provide more spiritual strength. For that reason, the sign of fire has always been an inseparable part of ritual ceremonies held by Balinese Hindu followers. The yearly Bali Art Festival traditionally kicks off with a grand opening parade which passes by the Bajra Sandhi Monument. The upcoming days, a number of phases in addition to Different places will reverberate with the wide range of various colorful performances presented by the many art groups from Bali along with other Indonesian islands.
Among notable highlights to not be overlooked are dance dramas, Bali’s Modern theater, Photography Workshops, Culinary festivals, along with musical performances. There’ll additionally be a wide selection of competitions to participate in which include documentary films contests, handicraft, literary writing, painting, photography contests, – the entire gamut. As a special treat this year, also on the schedule re the Modern Bondres Competition, the Baleganjur competition for kids, Drama Gong Parade featuring contemporary Balinese legends, Wayang Kulit Babad, along with other creative artistic performances. Throughout its forty years of history, the Bali Arts Festival was a press to rediscover and preserve the unique and renowned art and culture of Bali, while at the same time increase its people’s welfare. Using this special yearly event, it’s hoped that the real authentic, embedded wisdom and philosophy of Bali won’t only be maintained, but will continue to blossom and spread to others portions of the planet.
