BANYUWANGI – Ijen Valley Festival which was held for the tenth time, again to amaze the tourists who filled the amphitheater at Ijen Terracotta Infatuated Park.
Reported from banyuwangikab.go.id, held at a height 600 masl, This event appears more attractive and entertains the audience.
The Ijen Valley Festival presents a performance of the Meras Gandrung Ballet. Namely, the minimal dialogue drama performance that is packaged in a ballet tells the story of the dancer's journey to becoming a dancer “infatuated”.
Where the dancer is not only required to be a professional dancer, but also must be able to become sinden.
This show takes the setting of the Dutch colonial period, because Gandrung in the colonial period had a big role in fighting for independence.
Accompanied by gamelan music, this show looks stunning by involving dozens of performers across ages, start 6 until 60 year.
For an hour, they entertain the visitors by presenting dances and melodious sounds typical of sinden.
This show is even more interesting with the presence of the Gandrung Banyuwangi maestro, Temu Misty, in this show.
This attraction also reaped a lot of praise from the audience. Including the Director General (Director General) Ministry of Home Affairs Regional Autonomy, Akmal Malik.
“This is part of Banyuwangi's success in regenerating and preparing agents of change, especially in the field of cultural arts. Congratulations to Banyuwangi, Hopefully it can be emulated by other regions,” Akmal said, Saturday (12/10/2019).
“Banyuwangi succeeded in advancing its area by mobilizing all its potential. Not only that, Banyuwangi leaders have also succeeded in encouraging their citizens to jointly develop their region,” added.
She said, if you want to see the implementation of regional autonomy, in Banyuwangi this is the place. The spirit built by the citizens and their government to develop the region must be an example for us together.
This art performance is able to attract national musicians, Indra Lesmana. Indra admitted that he was happy to be able to witness the Ijen Valley Festival which is routinely held every month.
“For me, what Banyuwangi is doing can maintain national culture,” said Indra Lesmana.
“Culture will remain sustainable if there are facilities. And this is the right means to promote local culture,” he added.
According to him, this event can increase the appreciation and quality of local cultural performances.
“I love this event. Amfiteaternya intimate. The fiber is also very good,” praised Indra.
This attraction was held in an open amphitheater located in the Terracotta Infatuated Park in the Jiwa Jawa Resort area. This area is at the height of the plain of Banyuwangi, precisely in Tamansari Village, Subdistrict Licin Banyuwangi which is at the foot of Mount Ijen.
This amphitheater offers views of rice fields in the background with hundreds of terracotta statues in the form of Gandrung dancers scattered among them.
“It's so cool. At the foot of the mountain far from the city, it turns out that there is a location as beautiful as this. What is clear is that I will make something like this in Gresik. There is Bawean Island, we will do like this. Even if it's not exactly the same, at least it's similar,” said the Regent of Gresik, Sambari Halim Radianto.
