Bali Art Festival

In order to manage sustain and uphold all the legacies inspiring the Local Government of Bali conduct by late Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra to hold an event called Pesta Kesenian Bali (Bali Art Festival) in 1979.

Bali Art Festival 2009 will be held at Bali Art Center start from June 13th until July 11th. The Bali Arts Festival is a month-long festival participated by all regencies in the province of Bali and from other provinces in Indonesia and several foreign participants, like USA, Korea, Japan, Australia, etc. The opening ceremony of the Bali Arts Festival commences with artistic parade at Bajra Sandi Renon Park. The Parade is followed by entire regencies and towns in Bali by delivering their artistry mission also followed by other provinces in Indonesia as well as from other country. Bali as the island of arts posses lot of unique, genuine and priceless things to offer, inherit from their ancestor formed Bali as one of the most ultimate in art diversity. All regencies offer different traditional dances, traditional music, traditional cloths, traditional food, statue, arts, handicrafts, painting, jewelleries and many others. Bali Art Festival are full of entertainment, amusement, traditional dance, exhibition, and other cultural activities. Bali Art Festival presented in so many forms those are from the sacral until contemporary traditional. There are also type of marry and custom clothes from each area, instrument of music or gamelan, forms Sesajen (offering) and others

Bali Art Center located at Jalan Nusa Indah just 10 kilometers from famous Kuta Beach is the culture building complex with the best style of Balinese traditional architecture. It is featuring the good lay-out building of amphitheater to be a place/hall of show performance purpose. This amphitheater can accommodate up to 6.000 audiences for the show of colossal both for modern and also traditional. Bali Art Centre is opened in the year 1973.

Bali Arts Festival will gather all the artist and event features in some point. From the first event in 1979, Bali Arts Festival drew visitors all over the world and become one of the most prestigious art festivals in Indonesia, and if you wish to witness Bali with all the legacies, please come and visit Bali Arts Festival.

Since Bali is one of the best tourist destinations in the world, you can find any kind of food here. International menu to traditional food are deliciously made by international chef and Balinese people. Best suggestion, you can find a lot of food and beverage in Bali Arts Festival. It means, Bali Arts Festival will be the best place for your One Stop Shopping spot for anything you need especialy to find Bali and other province in Indonesia’s Handicrafts.

Bali Art Festival 2009 will perform lots of Balinese traditional arts such as :
* Janger Dance
* Kecak Dance
* Flowers and Coconut Arrangement Festival
* Angklung Parade
* Gong Gede Arts
* Gotong Royong Dances
* Shadow Puppet Parade
* Gamelan Concert
* Gambuh Arts
* Panca Mask Parade
* Genjek Arts
* Balinese Pop Song Festival
* Joged Bumbung Social Dance
* Contemporary Dance
* Food Contest
* Barong Somi Dance
* Mask Dance
* Handicraft Festival
* Human Puppet
* Palegongan Dance
* Cupak Dance Drama
* Traditional Dedeblag Martial Art
* Human Shadow Puppet

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