The Festival of Customs and Culture welcomes the Kings from the Archipelago and the World Will Gather in Bali
The kings of the archipelago and the world will gather in Bali in August to hold a traditional and cultural festival of the archipelago as well as the inauguration of the new DPP chairman Andi Bau Malik Baramamase Tatukajanangan from the Kingdom of Gowa.
Chairman of the DPP Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (Matra), as a forum for the kings, Mangku Alam II has met with the Deputy Governor of Bali Tjok Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati to request permission for the event on Wednesday (6/7/2022).
The festival will be held from August 16 to August 20, 2022, with kings from 206 kingdoms across Indonesia participating and only 30 world kingdoms confirming attendance. “Foreign kingdoms that will attend include Hawaii, Laos, Spain, Uganda, Gana, Congo, Syria and Lebanon,” said Mangku Alam II in front of the Deputy Governor of Bali, Cok Ace, as reported by Antara.
Mangku Alam explained that Matra had been formed since 2016, with the aim of preserving and strengthening the customs and culture that grew in the archipelago.
With this intention, his party wants to hold sustainable activities with the finally chosen plan for the implementation of the first traditional and cultural festival on the Island of the Gods, specifically Puri Klungkung. “In addition to being related to the organization’s mission, this activity is a form of Matra’s contribution in supporting the recovery of Bali which was slumped due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
From this goal, the Deputy Governor who is familiarly called Cok Ace was pleased and appreciated Matra’s good intentions by choosing Bali as the gathering location for the kings of the archipelago and abroad.
Apart from being the location for the inauguration of new administrators and a series of traditional and cultural festivals of the archipelago, Cok Ace assessed that this activity was in line with the commitment of the Bali Provincial Government in strengthening customs and culture.
“This activity contributes to efforts to recover the Balinese economy, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, moreover Matra activities will also be attended by kings from a number of countries,” said Cok Ace.