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IN THE last few days, the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park complex in Magelang, Central Java, was not only crowded with tourists visiting to witness the splendor of Borobudur Temple, but also many visitors who wanted to watch a number of art performances at Lumbini Park and Aksobya.
The Directorate of Film, Music and Media, Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, on 7-11 September 2022, held the Indonesia Bertutur or Indonesia Speaking Festival which is a series of G20 events as a concrete step to maintain a sustainable culture.
Indonesia said that 2022 is the first event held in the context of the meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the G20 member countries with the theme “Experiencing the Past Growing the Future”.
This festival not only takes place in zone II of the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park, but also involves places in the Borobudur area to hold a number of works of art, namely the Elo Progo Art House, H. Widayat Museum, Limanjawi Gallery, Apple Watu Gallery, and focus on activities in the lower court at Lumbini and Aksobya.
The Indonesian Bertutur Festival is planned to be held every two years, so that cultural heritage in Indonesia is expected to be a source of knowledge that can be conveyed again by adjusting to current conditions. Told through various ways and new media.
According to Director General of Culture Hilmar Farid said that the Indonesian Speaking Festival is a festival that focuses on reflection on cultural heritage, but uses new media. The public can see many exhibitions, performances at the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park which involve many artists to promote cultural heritage but in new forms. This activity is a kind of present response to the past.
It all starts with cultural heritage. This activity is a new way to communicate a new legacy to the current generation because the current generation is very familiar with various new media, digital technology.
These are all creative responses from today’s society to the past. This interpretation of the past continues to develop and takes various forms, some are writing history books, and this festival is an artistic response to historical heritage.
This new media is a reality of today’s cultural life. So far, there has been an assumption that the cultural heritage of the past is the past, the present is the present. But actually, the bridge exists and this festival elevates it. The development of information about past cultures, historical triumphs in new forms is very important.
Today many people talk about digital technology as if the past is irrelevant. Even though they should use digital technology to lift all kinds of Indonesia’s rich cultural heritage.
At the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park there is a video mapping and it is important for the community that culture is not only told but natural dialogue and this festival provides that experience. This festival provides an experience of how in today’s technology people can explore the rich culture and glory of the past.
The Director of Artistic Indonesia Bertutur 2022, Melati Suryodarmo, revealed that the Indonesia Bertutur Festival is a cultural festival that prioritizes 20 cultural heritages that have special values with a time span between prehistory to the XV century.
Indonesia Bertutur under the Director of Film, Music and Media, the exhibitions and events of the arts involve works of multimedia, new media, and contemporary dance, contemporary art, and light festivals.
Through this activity, it is hoped that the younger generation will look back on Indonesia’s cultural heritage heritage so that it becomes a new source of thought, a new source of knowledge, not only addressing cultural heritage heritage as objects of tourist visits.
As an object of learning and a source of new ideas to narrate back to the present life and can be shared for the future.
This festival was chosen in Borobudur, because it is a super priority destination to provide new offers so that activities at Borobudur are not only temple visits but also visits around Borobudur. Not only centered on a visit at the top of Borobudur, but also see what is around Borobudur. Therefore, this festival also involves art venues in the Borobudur area.
Indonesia Bertutur 2022 comes after going through a long stage, involving hundreds of artists from various parts of the country and also inviting artists from abroad.
This is intended to be able to present an art festival that is able to inspire the younger generation to care more about the past experiences of the archipelago. This festival is expected to be a cultural event with a contemporary format, opening up new work innovations that combine creative works of art, culture, and science.
Indonesian actor Reza Rahardian assessed that Indonesia Speaking is an important initiative to exist. Moreover, talking about art and culture, because the biggest foothold of a nation is one of them is culture.
As a nation that is thick with cultural diversity, Indonesia Speaking is one of the programs that is expected to continue, not only this year, but also in the years to come.
This activity is very good for the arts and culture ecosystem by involving artists, the economic potential to grow in it, and the potential for the community to be able to enjoy works of art.
Model and actress Laura Basuki, who is the icon of Indonesia Speaks 2022, also hopes that the Indonesia Speaks Festival, which is being held for the first time, will be held every two years.
So far, cultural heritage or cultural heritage is often considered an old story that has been completed. Through the Indonesia Bertutur program, it becomes interesting, because it re-presents, retells this cultural heritage that is considered ancient by utilizing new technology and media.
By utilizing this new technology and media, it is hoped that it will be more relevant to the younger generation. They are easier to absorb history, culture and hope to keep Indonesian culture sustainable in the future.
Corporate Secretary of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko (TWC) AY Suhartanto said PT TWC strongly supports the implementation of Indonesia Speaking 2022 and the G20 event at Borobudur.
A number of areas in zone II of Borobudur Temple are used as placements for art installations from Indonesia Speaking, including the installation of a light festival and a dance film festival. In addition, in the Lumbini Park area, there is a twilight stage and a culinary area as well as the Lumbini stage which is the main area implementation of Indonesia Speaks 2022.
PT TWC fully supports the steps taken by various parties to cultivate performing arts in the Borobudur Temple area. The growth of quality performing arts will not only be an attraction and support in realizing quality tourism destinations, but also become an educational vehicle for communicating past cultures in the present. [antaranews/photo special]
