BANYUWANGI – Festival Lembah Ijen yang digelar untuk kesepuluh kalinya, 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. Yakni pertunjukan drama minim dialog yang dikemas dalam sendratari berkisah tentang perjalanan penari menjadi seorang “Gandrung”.
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.
“Ini adalah bagian dari keberhasilan Banyuwangi me-regenerasi dan mempersiapkan agents of change khususnya di bidang seni budaya. Congratulations to Banyuwangi, Hopefully it can be emulated by other regions,” kata Akmal, Saturday (12/10/2019).
“Banyuwangi berhasil memajukan daerahnya dengan mengerahkan semua potensi yang dimilikinya. Not only that, Banyuwangi leaders have also succeeded in encouraging their citizens to jointly develop their region,” he 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,” kata Indra Lesmana.
“Budaya akan tetap lestari jika ada sarana. 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.
“Saya suka event ini. Amfiteaternya intimate. The fiber is also very good,” puji 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.
“Ini keren sekali ya. 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,” kata Bupati Gresik, Sambari Halim Radianto.
