Bali News

Nine foreign cultural groups will take part in enliven 32nd Pesta Kesenian Bali (PKB) – Bali Cultural Festival – that will be held for one month starting from June 12th to July 10th, 2010.

“Those nine cultural groups come from six different countries since there are countries who send more than one cultural group,” said the coordinator of PKB committee for foreign cultural performance, I Ketut Arcana in Denpasar, Thursday.

He said that Japan send two cultural groups that is “Wyahita” and “Sidhamoyako” Tokyo, two contingents from India as well as with United State.

Other countries are Sweden, Canada and France each with one cultural group, said Ketut Arcana whom also the head of Filming and Authorization division of Bali Governmental Cultural Agency.

He added, that the foreign cultural team had communicated through e-mail with PKB committee soon after the 31st cultural activities in 2009 ended.

It showed situation progress in which on previous years PKB conducted, the communication entwined on March precisely three months before PKB hold in Bali.

This progress also showed that lots of foreign cultural team get interested enliven the artisans party in Bali.

Arcana confessed that the involvement of foreign cultural group in PKB every year is fluctuating. In 2009 there were 14 foreign cultural teams performed at this annual cultural activities in Bali.

In 2008 there were 18 groups and 12 group in 2007, among them are Japan, US, Singapore, India, South Korea, Thailand, England and Malaysia.

Ketut Arcana also added that the early communication with those foreign cultural groups could ease the committee in arranging performance schedule.

During one month PKB implementation there will be 180 times exhibition at least involve 15.000 artisans from eight regencies and one capitol city in Bali.

There are also foreign artists as well as those come from varied areas in Indonesia in order to cultivate Balinese moral as well as raised local people interest at art field.

Besides could compose better cooperative relationships which beneficial for both parties at recent times and for the future, said Ketut Arcana.

News by Antara Bali