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The MP2AF arts festival is being held again. This cultural festival was officially opened by First Assistant H. Minggu Basuki, located at the Meranti Putih Forest Ecotourism, Kotabaru, Friday (1/11/2024).
MP2AF is an annual agenda, and in this third year it comes with a new concept that is different from the previous year, and this year carries the theme ‘Human Nature Together’. The festival will be held for three days from 1 to 3 November 2024.
This festival, which combines performing arts with natural beauty, invites visitors to enjoy a series of events creatively and packaged in a special way.
In his speech, the Head of Disparpora, Sony Tua Halomoan, said that the Kotabaru Youth and Sports Tourism Office really appreciated the activities. “This activity is included in the Kotabaru Regency tourism calendar event,” he said.
According to Sony Tua, the target of this activity is creative economy actors in the performing arts sub-sector. Apart from that, this activity was attended by performing arts artists throughout South Kalimantan and surrounding areas who performed contemporary dance works, experimental music and monologues.
“This year’s implementation is a little different from previous years, where participants were accommodated with the concept of art camping and tourism for creative activities and talking with nature,” he said.
Some of the events in the MP2AF series are Grebeg Kampung which residents take part in as a form of gratitude for all the agricultural products obtained, a natural acoustic music competition, and a culinary bazaar.
The Regent of Kotabaru’s speech, read by Assistant 1 H Minggu Basuki, expressed his gratitude and pride for the implementation of the Meranti Putih Performance Arts Fest 2024.
“This is an appreciation space for developing modern and contemporary art and culinary arts so that it can become an effective vehicle and can accommodate the creative instincts of artists across generations to display their creativity and to explore, preserve and develop artistic values in society,” he said.
Apart from that, this festival is to promote Meranti Forest ecotourism as one of the leading tourist attractions in Kotabaru Regency with the hope that in the future it will further increase the number of tourist visits so that it will have a positive impact on increasing the community’s economy and regional income.
“The Kotabaru Regency Government will continue to carry out various activities to improve the tourism, arts and culture sectors to encourage economic growth and provide support so that the younger generation, especially performing arts actors, can be well maintained and accommodated, one of which is through holding the Meranti Putih Performance Arts Fest. ,” he said.
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