Cultural Wonders of the Royal Pejeng Performance
Supported by Local Artists
An
art performance entitled ‘Cultural Wonders of the Royal Pejeng
Performance’ drew the attention of the audience. Held at the Soma Negara
Grand Palace of Pejeng, Saturday (Nov 8), it did not only present
beautiful choreography, but also talented artists of local village.
Dozens of foreign travelers watched it and had dinner with the festive
touch of a strong culture. The performance of classical arts such as
psalmody, leather puppet, human puppet and cak a cappella entitled ‘the
Death of Kumbhakarna’ was staged by local artists. The art show would be
regularly held every full moon with the performance of various arts,
especially the mask dance and Legong Dance in accordance with the
potential owned by Pejeng village.At the beginning of the art performance last month, the artists were indeed brought in from outside the village. “It is an effort to empower the artists owned by Pejeng in the performing arts,” said senior figure of Soma Negara Palace, Cokorda Rai Widiarsa Pemayun, doubling as First Assistant of the Gianyar Regional Secretary.
Pejeng village, explained Cok Rai Widiarsa, was known to have a lot of tourism potentials either in terms of nature, art or ancient relics. However, as a companion to tourist area of Ubud village, this ancient village had not been touched maximally by the tourism sector. “To revive the cultural heritage and tourist attractions of Pejeng, we then hold an art performance every full moon or every month,” he said.
Exploration of the potential and preservation of the art and culture would be done across the villages or subdistricts in Gianyar, so that it could be developed as a tourist attraction. To achieve this goal, the government had formed a creative team in charge of exploring and drafting the potential of each village and realizing it in the form of performance on an ongoing basis.
Headman of Pejeng, Cok Agung Kusumayudha Pemayun, had confidence if the arts of Pejeng village had revived, it would bring in travelers because Pejeng village was the crossing path of travelers that would visit Batur Kintamani, Bangli. “We do hope the tourism potential of Pejeng village can rise up and become a tourist attraction that will have an impact on improving the people’s welfare,” he hoped. (BTN/015)www.bali-travelnews.com
